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

Oguzkurt P., Oguzkurt L., Kayaselcuk F., Oz S.

PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL, vol.20, no.9, pp.722-723, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00383-004-1283-7
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.722-723
  • Keywords: colonic duplication, duplication of vermiform appendix, acute abdomen, VERMIFORM APPENDIX
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.