Long-term disease-free survival following preoperative diagnosis and laparoscopic radical resection for Meckel’s diverticulum adenocarcinoma: A case report

Table 1 Summary of reported cases of preoperative definitive diagnosis of Meckel’s diverticulum adenocarcinoma in recent years (2005-2025)

Ref.	Sex	Age, years	Symptom	Examination	Location	Treatment	Resection margin	Lymph node dissection	Pathology	Stage	Prognosis
Principe et al[9], 2022	Male	62	Melena	CE, DBE	Distal jejunum/proximal ileum	Exploratory laparotomy, small bowel resection	NA	NA	Moderately to poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma	T4N0M0	NA
Sakio et al[10], 2021	Female	45	Recurrent abdominal pain	DBE with contrast	160 cm from ileocecal valve	Bowel resection + lymphadenectomy	NA	NA	Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma	pT4aN0M0	Recurrence 2 years post-op
Sato et al[11], 2009	Male	58	Elevated tumor marker	CE, SBE	90 cm from ileocecal valve	Ileal segmental resection + regional lymphadenectomy	NA	NA	Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma	T3	NA
Our case	Male	36	Melena	Meckel’s scan, DBE	60 cm from ileocecal valve	Radical resection of small bowel adenocarcinoma + lymphadenectomy	Negative, 20 cm proximal and distal margins	0/19	Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma	pT3N0M0	Disease-free at 3 years

CE: Capsule endoscopy; DBE: Double-balloon enteroscopy; SBE: Single-balloon enteroscopy; NA: Not available.