title: Neonatal intestinal occlusion due to duodenal duplication in association with malformed gallbladder sludge.
abstract: Duodenal duplications are rare observations which can be diagnosed during early pregnancy via US scan. In the neonate they are often cause for intestinal occlusions. Surgical treatment can be limited by the duplication's anatomical interrelationships with adjacent organs. Biliary sludge is an uncommon finding in the first year of life, and can readily regress spontaneously. The association between duodenal duplication and sludge has never been described in the literature in the neonatal period. Here, for the first time, we report on the case of a newborn infant with cystic duplication of the duodenum associated with sludge in a misshapen gallbladder.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Chirurgia Pediatrica, Dipartimento di Pediatria, Ostetricia e Medicina della Riproduzione, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italia. messinam@unisi.it
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrucci
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meucci
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buonocore
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Maggio
mesh_terms: D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism*; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*