title: Successful laparoscopic treatment of hemorrhage from ileal duplication cyst in a 10-year-old Saudi boy.
abstract: Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage often produces diagnostic difficulty in children. Endoscopy, radionuclide scans, computed tomography/magnetic resonance angiography, and conventional angiography have been the usual armamentarium for locating the site of bleeding. In recent times, laparoscopy has offered an effective tool for diagnosing various intra-abdominal, especially extraluminal, pathologies elusive to other modalities of diagnosis. In this paper, we present a case of massive hemorrhage from an ileal duplication cyst in a 10-year-old Saudi boy diagnosed and treated by laparoscopy. We believe this is the first such reported case from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. kamalesh_pal@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kamalesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Hossam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El Shafei
authors.forename: Hussah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al Buainain
authors.forename: Dilip K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Mitra
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D007082:Ileum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction; D012529:Saudi Arabia