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We conducted a retrospective, multicenter study of patients with MD who were diagnosed by BAE in Taiwan. The clinical characteristics, endoscopic features, histopathological findings, treatment methods, and outcomes were analyzed. Results. A total of 55 patients with MD were enrolled (46 males and 9 females). The mean age at diagnosis was 34.1 years. Overt gastrointestinal bleeding (87.3%) was the primary indication for BAE, followed by abdominal pain (9.1%), suspected small bowel tumor (1.8%), and Crohn\u2019s disease follow-up (1.8%). The mean distance between the ileocecal valve and MD was 71.6\u2009cm (regarding diagnostic yields: BAE\u2014100%, capsule endoscopy\u201440%, Meckel\u2019s scan\u201435.7%, computed tomography\u201414.6%, small bowel series\u201412.5%, and angiography\u201411.1%; regarding endoscopic features of MD: a large ostium\u201489.1%, a small ostium\u20147.3%, and a polypoid mass\u20143.6%). Surgical treatment was performed in 76.4% patients, and conservative treatment was performed in 23.6% patients. The mean length of MD in 42 patients who underwent surgical resection was 5.2\u2009cm (in 43 patients of MD with available histopathology: heterotopic gastric tissue, 42.4%, heterotopic gastric and pancreatic tissues, 7%; heterotopic pancreatic tissue, 4.7%; heterotopic colonic tissue, 2.3%; and a neuroendocrine tumor, 2.3%). Conclusions. 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