Most common cause of significant lower gastrointestinal bleeding in children
Most common congenital abnormality of the small intestine
Caused by incomplete involution of vitelline duct (occurs by 7 weeks)
Blind-ending true diverticulum that contains all layers found in the ileum
2% of population
2 ft from ileocecal valve
2 inches long
2% become symptomatic
2 years of age (45%)
2 x more common in boys
2 types of epithelium (gastric/pancreatic)
Meckel's diverticulum
Upper GI Bleeding
Intussusception
Diverticular disease
Hirschsprung's disease
Diverticulosis
Zenker's diverticulum
Diverticulitis