Congenital caecal cystic duplication presenting with caecal volvulus in an elderly woman.
Congenital caecal cystic duplication of the gastrointestinal tract usually present during infancy or young childhood. We have identified a patient who presented at 91 years of life with a caecal volvulus caused by a large communicating caecal cystic duplication. Review of the literature shows that caecal cystic duplications become symptomatic early when they cause complications, but until this report, volvulus was not a recognised presentation of caecal cystic duplication.
Choong
C K
CK
University Department of Surgery, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand.
Robertson
R W
RW
Beasley
S W
SW
Frizelle
F A
FA
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002432:Cecum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*