Gastric and Esophageal Duplication in Pediatric Patients: Case Report View PDF

^*Julio César Lopez-Valdes
Medicine, ISSSTE, Mexico

^*Corresponding Author:

Julio César Lopez-Valdes
Medicine, ISSSTE, Mexico
Email:jc.lopz@live.com

Published on: 2016-08-14

Abstract

Gastric duplication is a rare malformation, represents 7 to 8% of digestive duplications; is attributed to a failure during embryonic period. Usually are asymptomatic and constitute an accidental finding by imaging techniques. The main objective of this paper analyzes the gastrointestinal tract duplications and inform about an unusual clinical case.

Keywords

Gastrointestinal duplication; Digestive tract; Cyst

Introduction

Gastrointestinal tract duplications are a rare congenital conditions, have been described using different nouns as "enterocistom", "enterogenous cysts", "accessory organs", etc. Although are attributed to failures during the primitive gut differentiation at embryonic period, the real etiology remains unknown