title: Communicating tubular duplication of upper esophagus-a rare occurrence.
abstract: Duplications of esophagus are commonly classified into two types, tubular and cystic. Tubular duplication of esophagus is a rare occurrence and is much less common than cystic duplication of foregut. Most esophageal duplications are located in the lower third of the esophagus. A cervical esophageal duplication is extremely rare. Esophageal duplications have been reported twice as commonly on the right as on the left. We report a case of incidental finding identified on computed tomography of communicating tubular esophageal duplication involving the left side of the upper esophagus in a tuberculosis patient that was subsequently confirmed on barium swallow test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, India.
authors.forename: Jawahar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rathod
authors.forename: Amit
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authors.lastname: Disawal
authors.forename: Kishor
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authors.lastname: Taori
authors.forename: Meenakshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Prajwaleet P
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authors.lastname: Gaur
authors.forename: Vijay
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authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.forename: Krishna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Kanchan
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authors.lastname: Wankhede