Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Dec 2020)
Gastrointestinal duplication cyst resulting in abdominal obstruction, pancreatitis, and intractable vomiting
Abstract
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.