Colonic Duplication; Two Cases Report and Review of Literature

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colonic Diseases

Treatments: Other: colonic surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04316273

IRB approval number:17300179

Details and patient eligibility

About

Duplicated colon appendix are infrequent detected during surgical exploration. For Diagnosed cases, excision of the duplicated part is indispensable, due to risk of malignancy.

Full description

Alimentary tract duplication represents(ATD) 0.2% of all pediatric congenital malformations Which affect all gastrointestinal tracts (GIT) from the mouth to the anus.

ATD more common in with no familial or racial predilection. The ileum is the most common site (30%-35%) and the colon is the least common site (7%-20%).

The transverse colon is the most common site for colonic duplication. The duplicated part of GIT maybe in the mesenteric or anti-mesenteric side. It may has same vascular supply and mesentry or not(reported only in small bowel)..

Communication between the anomalous and actual enteric lumens may or may not be present.

Here in, two cases of colonic and anal duplication add to the knowledge with review of literature of duplicated colon in children.

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 day to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Pediatric patients till age of 18 years old
2. All patients diagnosed with duplicated colon with or without symptoms
3. Patients with duplicated colon and other associated colorectal anomalies

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients > 18 years with duplicated colon
2. All patients with duplication cyst