Gastric duplication cyst: a unique presentation

J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Jun;43(6):1203-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.01.024.

Abstract

Duplications of the alimentary tract are rare and occur in 1 of 4500 births (Duplication of the stomach: report of a case and review of the English literature. Arch Surg 1961; 82:634-640). Gastric duplications constitute 8% of these or roughly 17 of every 1,000,000 births (Shew SB, Holcomb GW. Alimentary tract duplications. In: Ashcraft KW, Holcomb GW, Murphy JP, editors. Pediatric surgery. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, 2005. p. 543-552). Symptoms often occur by 2 years and can include nausea, vomiting, hematemesis, and vague abdominal pain. Occasionally, a palpable abdominal mass may be identified on physical examination. We offer an unusual and previously unreported presentation of a gastric duplication cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / diagnosis*
  • Digestive System Abnormalities / surgery
  • Endosonography / methods
  • Gastric Mucosa / pathology
  • Hematemesis / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Laparotomy / methods
  • Male
  • Pancreatic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Stomach / abnormalities*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome