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Neonatal intestinal obstruction secondary to a small bowel duplication cyst
Anil Kumar Puralingegowda1, Pankaj Kumar Mohanty2, Abdul Razak2
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Abstract:
A 3-week-old neonate developed abdominal distension and vomiting which subsided after conservative management. However, there was a recurrence of symptoms for which a lower gastrointestinal tract contrast study was performed. The infant had a filling defect in the area of the transverse colon. A CT scan was performed, showing a duplication cyst arising from the small bowel and indenting the transverse colon. Resection of the duplication cyst and end-to-end anastomosis of the bowel was performed. The duplication cyst was of tubular type, and a sealed perforation was noted in the cyst wall.
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