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Double‐barrelled tubular duplication of the ileum
Author(s) -
SUE K.,
HIRATA T.,
KAMIMURA T.,
TANAKA N.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1993.tb00541.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ileum , gene duplication , laparotomy , lumen (anatomy) , small intestine , bowel obstruction , anatomy , gastroenterology , surgery , genetics , biology , gene
A three year old boy with a 10 cm double‐barrelled tubular duplication of the distal ileum is reported. He presented with a small bowel obstruction after a large meal of mandarin oranges. At laparotomy an obstruction of both lumens was found which communicated at both ends with the normal ileal lumen. Although cystic duplications of the small intestine are common, tubular duplications are relatively rare, especially an obstruction with impacted undigested foods.