An unusual cause of acute abdomen: torsion of colonic duplication over a duplicated appendix.

Autor: O&gcaron;uzkurt, Pelin, O&gcaron;uzkurt, Levent, Kayaselcuk, Fazilet, Öz, Sedat
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Zdroj: Pediatric Surgery International; Oct2004, Vol. 20 Issue 9, p722-723, 2p
Abstrakt: A 2-year old boy with torsion of colonic duplication, which had a proximal communication with the cecum via an incomplete duplicated appendix, is presented. The clinical picture and complications of this rare association are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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