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- This is a common congenital abnormality that consists of an outpouching of the small bowel, which is a remnant of developmental structures.
- It is usually located along the antimesenteric border, near the junction of the small bowel with the colon in the right lower abdomen.
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- Symptoms usually occur within 2 years of life
- Intermittent, painless rectal bleeding
- Abdominal discomfort or pain
- Brick-colored stool
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- It is caused by failure to reabsorb a developmental structure called an embryonic yolk sac.
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- Based on clinical findings
- Stool smear for occult blood
- Barium studies
- Technetium scan
- Superior mesenteric angiography
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- Surgical removal for bleeding
- Iron replacement
- Transfusion
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