Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Gastrointestinal duplication cyst resulting in abdominal obstruction, pancreatitis, and intractable vomiting

  • Hilina T. Kassa,
  • Sarah T. Cohen,
  • Abigail E. Martin,
  • Adil Z. Solaiman

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 63
p. 101656

Abstract

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Gastrointestinal duplication cysts are rare congenital anomalies that typically present with symptoms of abdominal obstruction. We present a 3-year-old female with recurrent episodes of emesis who was eventually diagnosed with a gastrointestinal, likely duodenal, duplication cyst. The diagnosis was delayed as providers initially attributed symptoms to more common diagnoses resulting in vomiting. Gastrointestinal duplication cysts should remain on the differential in a young child with symptoms of unexplained intestinal obstruction.

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