A patient with Meckel’s diverticulum and angiodysplasia of the colon: Congenital or Coincidental?

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Angiodysplasia is a common acquired lesion associated with ageing. However it has been described in young patients and children and young adults. There are few reports of their occurrence with Meckel’s diverticulum. This latter association might indicate that angiodysplasia could be a congenital lesion. In this report we present the case of a 54 year old man, who presented initially with intestinal obstruction due to a Meckel’s diverticulum followed by a massive gastrointestinal bleed (GI) secondary to angiodysplasis