title: [Intestinal volvulus due to yeyunal duplication].
abstract: Duplications of the alimentary tract are congenital malformations. The ileum is the most commonly affected organ. A lot of duplications are incidentally diagnosed but most of patients present a combination of pain or complications such as obstructive symptoms, intestinal intussusception, perforation or volvulus. We report the case of a 6-years-old girl, with intermittent abdominal pain and vomits for two months long. Laboratory work was completely normal and in the radiology analysis (abdominal sonography and magnetic resonance) a cystic image with intestinal volvulus was observed. The patient underwent laparotomy, Ladd's procedure was done and the cyst was resected. In conclusion, if a patient is admitted with abdominal pain and obstructive symptoms, it is important to consider duplication of the alimentary tract as a possible diagnosis.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Iglesias
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Carazo Palacios
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lluna González
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ibáñez Pradas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Caraballo
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007583:Jejunum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology*