title: [Neonatal intestinal obstruction due to cecal duplication].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cecal duplications are rare, representing 0.4% of all gastrointestinal duplications, with few cases reported in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 48 hours-old newborn presented with bilious vomiting and abdominal distension; the ultrasound revealed a cystic mass in the right abdomen; ileocolic resection was performed with end to end anastomosis. Microscopy confirmed cecal duplication cyst.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with intestinal obstruction, contrast enema allows differential diagnosis with other colonic pathologies in the newborn; when the cecal duplication cyst is connected to the lumen of the colon, enema reveals a filling defect, and cecal duplication can be suspected. Although cystic lesions are asymptomatic, they should be excised when detected to prevent complications.
authors: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario Materno Infantil de Badajoz.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Alonso Ciodaro
authors: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario Materno Infantil de Badajoz.
authors: J I
authors: JI
authors: Santamaría Ossorio
authors: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario Materno Infantil de Badajoz.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sanjuán Rodríguez
keywords: Cecal duplication; Intestinal obstruction; Neonatal; Prenatal cyst