Cystic duplication of the cecum lined by dermal type squamous epithelium.
This is a case report of a cystic duplication of the cecum in a 6-month-old female infant, which was lined by both columnar and squamous epithelium. This squamous epithelium did not resemble esophageal epithelium but dermal epithelium. The so-called split notochord theory can explain the possibility of the coexistence of ectoderm and entoderm components. However, the present case had no vertebral abnormalities.
D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002432:Cecum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant