title: Gastric triplication and peritoneal melanosis.
abstract: Duplications of the intestinal tract are rare malformations, and triplications are even less frequent; only two cases are found in the literature. Peritoneal melanosis, a diffuse, black pigmentation of the peritoneum is also rare; only six cases have been reported; five in young women and one in a 2-year-old girl. The authors report on a 6-month-old boy with a gastric triplication and peritoneal melanosis. The diagnostic criteria and the possible embryological origin are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De la Torre Mondragón
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Daza
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Bustamante
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Fascinetto
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008548:Melanosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology; D013270:Stomach / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology