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Meckel’s diverticula are most common physiological congenital variants of small bowel whereas communicating ileal duplications are rarer ones. They turn out pathological, mostly because of the ectopic mucosal tissues, they harbor. Once symptomatic, they are preferably treated by segmental bowel resection with inclusion of heterotopic mucosa and end to end anastomosis. This report is about a comparatively rare appearance of mesenteric meckel’s diverticulum in a seven-year-old male child simulating ileal duplication with palpable mass at the base. The description includes the troublesome postoperative course , to which the patient went through.