Laparoscopic excision of a gastric duplication cyst detected on antenatal ultrasound scan.
The authors report a gastric duplication cyst detected antenatally and its subsequent laparoscopic removal at 2 months of age. Before birth, a cystic mass was detected behind the stomach on fetal ultrasound scan (US). After birth, an US, barium meal, nuclide scan, and cervical and thoracic vertebral x-rays suggested that the most probably diagnosis was a gastric duplication cyst. At 2 months of age, laparoscopic removal of the cyst was performed with closure of the muscle defect in the stomach wall. The patient was discharged 4 days later, feeding normally. Histology findings confirmed the diagnosis of a gastric duplication cyst. After the antenatal detection of a cyst behind the stomach, the laparoscopic removal of this gastric duplication in a 2 month old was accomplished without complications. This appears to be the first reported case using this type of procedure in an infant.
Women's & Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
W D A
WD
Ford
M
M
Guelfand
P J
PJ
López
M E
ME
Furness
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