Author/Editor | Trotovšek, Blaž; Hribernik, Marija; Gvardijančič, Diana; Jelenc, Franc | |
Title | Giant T-shaped duplication of the transverse colon. A case report | |
Type | članek | |
Source | J Pediatr Surg | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 41 | |
Publication year | 2006 | |
Volume | str. E59-61 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | A case of long diverticular colonic duplication producing acute abdominal pain in a 6-year-old girl is presented. Physical examination showed no signs of acute abdomen at the initial presentation. After a pain-free interval, there was a sudden onset of severe abdominal pain and a large tumor in the lower abdomen was observed. A plain x-ray showed an enormously dilated colonic pouch filled with gas. Excision of the T-shaped duplication and small part of the transverse colon was successful. Because of extensive fibrotic changes in the colon near the opening of duplication, a resection margin of at least 2 cm is recommended. | |
Descriptors | COLON DIVERTICULUM EMERGENCIES CHILD |