title: Duplication of the transverse colon in an adult: case report and review.
abstract: Tubular duplication of the colon is very rare especially in adulthood, because it is frequently symptomatic earlier in newborn life, so only few cases are reported in literature. Several theories are proposed to explain the onset and the evolution of gut malformations as the aberrant lumen recanalization or the diverticular theory, the alteration of the lateral closure of the embryonal disk or finally the dorsal protrusion of the yolk-sac for herniation or adhesion to the ectoderm for an abnormality of the longitudinal line, but none clarifies the exact genesis of duplication. We present a case of "Y-shaped" tubular duplication of the transverse colon in a 21-year-old adult, with a history of chronic pain and constipation, referred to our department for abdominal pain with retrosternal irradiation, treated with the resection of the aberrant bowel.
authors: Department of General Surgery, Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto, 29100 Piacenza, Italy. filippobanchini@virgilio.it
authors: Filippo
authors: F
authors: Banchini
authors: Rocco
authors: R
authors: Delfanti
authors: Evelina
authors: E
authors: Begnini
authors: Maria Candida
authors: MC
authors: Tripodi
authors: Patrizio
authors: P
authors: Capelli
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003082:Colectomy; D044684:Colon, Transverse / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Colonic diseases; Colonic duplication; Colorectal duplication; Neogenesis; Transverse duplication
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