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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 34-36 |
Laparoscopic excision of intra-abdominal oesophageal duplication cyst in a child
Vijay C Pujar, Santosh Kurbet, Deepak K Kaltari
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Vijay C Pujar
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.107137
Duplication cysts are congenital cystic malformation of the alimentary tract consisting of a duplication of the segment to which it is adjacent. It can occur anywhere from mouth to anus.Oesophageal duplication cysts comprise 4% of the same. Of these, total intra-abdominal oesophageal duplication cysts are extremely rare. On review of literature, only 3 case reports of total intra-abdominal oesophageal duplication managed laparoscopically are found. All these cases were adults. We report the first paediatric case of intra-abdominal oesophageal duplication cyst excised laparoscopically.
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