Colonic duplication: diagnostic dilemma

Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2006 Feb;16(1):58-60. doi: 10.1055/s-2006-923794.

Abstract

Colonic duplication is a rare congenital anomaly which presents as a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a 5-year-old boy with colonic duplication who required multiple hospital admissions, multiple diagnostic tests, and evaluation by various clinical specialists before the diagnosis was made intraoperatively. He was known to have left renal hypoplasia, low spinal abnormalities, hypoplasia of the left hemipelvis, and mild hypoplasia of the left lower limb, all of which were considered to be a variant of caudal regression syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Abnormalities, Multiple*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Colon / abnormalities*
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / diagnosis
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed