title: [Duplication of the colon in the adult (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors describe 2 cases of duplication of the colon. One was discovered by accident and not treated. The other occurred in a patient with a long story of abdominal pain and had been operated twice with signs of intestinal obstruction. A partial resection of the duplication with the adjoining bowel segment was performed and the digestive tract was reconstructed bij and end-to-end anastomosis. The different forms of duplication are described with their specific features and the current theories about their mode of formation. Finally a brief description of the symptoms and of the available surgical techniques is given.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Duplicatio coli bij de volwassene.