title: A rare case of duodenal duplication treated surgically.
abstract: Duodenal duplication, a rare congenital malformation, can also be observed in adulthood. Although it can be cystic or tubular, communicating or non-communicating, cystic and non-communicating forms are the most common. Several complications, such as obstruction, bleeding, perforation and pancreatitis, may result. Optimal treatment is total excision, although endoscopic procedures have also been described in appropriate cases. If total excision is not possible, subtotal excision and internal derivation can be performed. The 38-year-old woman presented here had occasional attacks of abdominal pain and obstruction, and we considered the diagnosis of duodenal duplication by abdominal computerized tomography. As we confirmed the diagnosis with operative findings and histopathological signs, we treated her with subtotal excision and intraduodenal cystoduodenostomy.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of General Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul 34783, Turkey. mauzun@ttmail.com
authors.forename: Mehmet-Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Uzun
authors.forename: Neset
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: Munire
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kayahan
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kilicoglu
authors.forename: Selvinaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkara
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D004386:Duodenum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media