The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 87, 821-824, Copyright © 1984 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Enteric thoracoabdominal duplications in children
WJ Pokorny and IR Goldstein
The clinical and pathological findings of two children with
thoracoabdominal enteric duplications are described in detail. In addition,
23 case reports are reviewed. The majority of duplications communicated
with the gastrointestinal tract below the diaphragm, but in one case,
reported here, the duplication communicated with the cervical esophagus. In
infants these duplications most often present with respiratory symptoms,
whereas older children more typically have pain and melena. If possible the
entire duplication should be removed during one operation.