[Intestinal duplication. Report of 2 cases]

Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam. 1992;22(1):45-9.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Intestinal duplications are rare and they result from embryological failures in the canalization of the gastrointestinal tract. This paper presents a case of ileal intestinal duplication and its differential diagnosis from Meckel's diverticulum. Besides, a case of rectal duplication in an asymptomatic elder patient is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Small / abnormalities*
  • Intestine, Small / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Rectum / abnormalities*
  • Rectum / diagnostic imaging