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Ninety-two children underwent meckelectomy in our department over the 10-year period 1981–1990. All histologic speciments of Meckel's diverticula were studied, most of them retrospectively, for evidence of active inflammation or ulceration in any ectopic gastric mucosa present and specifically searching for Helicobacter pylori (HP). Thirty-eight (group A) were excised as being responsible for the main clinical symptoms while 54 (group B) were resected incidentally. Ectopic gastric mucosa was found in 19 cases, 18 in the symptomatic group and 1 in the incidental group. In the 18 cases belonging to group A histologic findings indicating gastritis due to HP were present. Combined operative and laboratory findings in all 92 cases indicated that HP colonizes gastric mucosa electively and leads to infection, which seems to be responsible for the clinical symptoms of meckelitis.
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Popouis, G., Violaki, A., Klokkaris, A. et al. Effect of Helicobacter pylori on ectopic gastric mucosa of Meckel's diverticulum in children after meckelectomy. Pediatr Surg Int 8, 310–313 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00173352
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