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*Infection.
*Infection.
*Drug reaction.
*Drug reaction.
 
==Meckel diverticulum==
===General===
*Most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract.<ref name=pmid15026601>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Levy | first1 = AD. | last2 = Hobbs | first2 = CM. | title = From the archives of the AFIP. Meckel diverticulum: radiologic features with pathologic Correlation. | journal = Radiographics | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 565-87 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.1148/rg.242035187 | PMID = 15026601 }}</ref>
 
The rule of 2s:
*2 feet from the terminal ileum
*2% of the population
*2% symptomatic.
*2 inches long.
*2 year old.
*2 types of epithelium - gastric and pancreatic.
 
===Gross===
*Antimesenteric attachement.
 
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meckel%27s_Diverticulum_AFIP.jpg MD - (AFIP/WC)].
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Gastric foveolar epithelium:
**Champagne flute-like columnar epithelium.
*Pancreatic epithelium:
**Pancreatic acini.


=See also=
=See also=
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