Colitis Ulcerosa together with Meckel's diverticulum causing severe haemorrhage in children

Meckel diverticulum is a vertigal remnant of the omphalomesenteric(vitellointestinal) duct.As a congenitaly anomaly it is a true diverticulum,ranger from 1 – 12 cm in a lenghtand it found 45 – 90 cm proximal to the ileocecal valve.It is frequently heterotopic tissue(gastric mucosa accounts for 50%),occurs in about 2% of the general population.The cause of bleeding is mucosal ulceration,because the ectopic gastric mucosa produces hydrocholic acid.The male or female ratio of patients with symptomatic diverticulum is 3:1.The association between bleeding Meckel's diverticulum and bleeding ulcerative colitis is unkno…