complications

Last reviewed 01/2018

Sixty percent of complications occur before 10 years of age.

Complications include:

• diverticulitis:
• presents in a similar way to acute appendicitis
• uncommon in children under 10 years of age
• diagnosed at laparotomy

• bleeding - if heterotopic gastric mucosa is present, it may be detected by 99m Tc scanning

• obstruction:
• intussusception
• volvulus
• vitellointestinal band

• perforation - a foreign body may get trapped

• neoplasms - rarely, leiomyosarcoma, carcinoid, melanoma and adenocarcinoma

• patent vitellointestinal duct - purulent discharge in infancy or a faecal fistula

• malabsorption

• Littre's hernia