title: Laparoscopic enucleation of a gastroenteric duplication cyst arising in a pancreatic tail that did not communicate with the pancreatic duct: report of a case.
abstract: Gastroenteric duplication rarely occurs in locations such as the pancreas. We report a case of gastroenteric duplication of the pancreatic tail, which was noncontiguous with the stomach and had no communication with the pancreatic duct, in a 3-year-old girl. The cyst was enucleated by laparoscopy, without the need for pancreatic resection. The optimal treatment procedures vary considerably, depending on where the gastroenteric duplication is located in the pancreas and, most importantly, whether there is communication with the pancreatic duct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada-machi, Kahoku-gun, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan.
authors.forename: Miyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: Hiromichi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikawa
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konuma
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masuyama
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukumoto
authors.forename: Eri
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Sadayoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Nozomu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurose
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts