Intestinal duplication in adulthood: A rare entity, difficult to diagnose
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Intestinal duplication in adulthood: A rare entity, difficult to diagnose.
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-y...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1948-9366
DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v3.i8.128