Gastric triplication and peritoneal melanosis

J Pediatr Surg. 1997 Dec;32(12):1773-5. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(97)90532-7.

Abstract

Duplications of the intestinal tract are rare malformations, and triplications are even less frequent; only two cases are found in the literature. Peritoneal melanosis, a diffuse, black pigmentation of the peritoneum is also rare; only six cases have been reported; five in young women and one in a 2-year-old girl. The authors report on a 6-month-old boy with a gastric triplication and peritoneal melanosis. The diagnostic criteria and the possible embryological origin are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Melanosis / complications*
  • Melanosis / pathology
  • Peritoneal Diseases / complications*
  • Peritoneal Diseases / pathology
  • Peritoneum / pathology
  • Stomach / abnormalities*
  • Stomach / pathology