Intestinal duplication in adulthood: A rare entity, difficult to diagnose

作     者：Cristina Fiorani Rosa Scaramuzzo Alessandra Lazzaro Livia Biancone Giampiero Palmieri Achille L Gaspari Giuseppe Sica 

作者机构：Department of Surgical Science Tor Vergata University Hospital Department of Medicine Gastroenterology Unit Tor Vergata University Hospital Department of Pathology Tor Vergata University Hospital 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery》 (世界胃肠外科杂志（英文版）（电子版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第3卷第8期

页      面：128-130页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Intestinal duplication Adulthood Intestinal obstruction Surgical resection Abdominal pain 

摘      要：Duplications of the alimentary tract (ATD) are rare congenital anomalies often found early in life. They may occur anywhere in the intestinal tract but the ileum is the most frequently affected site. Clinical presentation of ATD in adults is variable and because these lesions occur so infrequently they are rarely suspected. In the present report we describe a case of ileal duplication in a 61-year-old patient with Crohn’s disease. Despite various radiological investigations and medical consultations, the diagnosis was only made on the surgical specimen.