Key result
Surgical excision safely resolves isolated enteric duplication cyst in a pediatric patient.
Why the study?
Isolated enteric duplication cysts are a rare variety of intestinal duplication cysts with no communication to adjacent bowel and independent blood supply, often presenting with nonspecific symptoms and diagnostic challenges.
Case Report (n=1)
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Highlights the rare occurrence of an isolated enteric duplication cyst presenting in adolescence and emphasizes the role of ultrasound in its diagnosis.
Intestinal duplication cysts are rare congenital anomalies that are usually detected during infancy or early childhood.Though they can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract, small intestine is the commonest site of occurrence.Majority of the enteric cysts have a communication with the adjacent bowel Completely isolated enteric duplication cysts are a rare variety of duplication cysts having no communication with any part of the adjacent bowel segment and an independent blood supply.These cysts often present with non-specific symptoms like abdominal pain and vomiting thereby ,highlighting the importance of ultrasound as an aid to precise and timely diagnosis.Histopathological examination is confirmatory, with excision of the cyst being the preferred treatment.We present a rare case of an isolated intestinal duplication cyst in a teenage boy which remained undetected in childhood.
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HV et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Isolated enteric duplication cyst (n=1). Surgical excision was evaluated on Postoperative recovery and diagnosis confirmation. Surgical excision of an isolated enteric duplication cyst in a 13-year-old boy led to an uneventful recovery and confirmed the diagnosis of this rare congenital anomaly.
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