Ibuprofeno como causa de hemorragia digestiva por divertículo de Meckel
- Marcos Prada Arias
- Pilar Fernández Eire
- A. Lema Carril
- R. Segade Andrade
- Margarita Montero Sánchez
ISSN: 0001-6640
Year of publication: 2013
Volume: 71
Issue: 3
Pages: 54-58
Type: Article
More publications in: Acta pediátrica española
Abstract
Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding associated with ectopic gastric mucosa, is one of its manifestations in children and usually it has not demonstrable triggering factors. We present 2 patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding in which Meckel's diverticulum with ectopic gastric mucosa was detected. Both received ibuprofen treatment started close before bleeding begin. Our opinion ibuprofen was the triggering factor for hemorrhage, because it can cause erosions in the gastric mucosa.