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BRICENO, J et al. Dupliaciones entéricas en pacientes pediátricos. Gen [online]. 2010, vol.64, n.4, pp.311-317. ISSN 0016-3503.

Purpose: Determining the incidence of duplications of digestive tube in children, during a 10-year term. Materials and Methods: Retrospective cross-sectioned descriptive study. Review of clinical records and biopsies in Hospital de Niños JM de Los Ríos, between 1998 and 2008. Variables: age, sex, clinical presentation, duplicated organ, study, diagnosis, and treatment. Results: 11 patients were reported with duplication cysts: 28% was just-born, 73% was female. Abdominal pain prevailed as the presentation symptom in 28% of cases. Prenatal diagnosis was performed in 18% of cases. Small intestine was the prevailing duplicated organ: 55% of cases. Abdominal echography was performed in 7 patients, and out of which 71% was diagnosed with intestine duplication before surgery. Open sky exploration was carried out in all cases and total resection of cyst was performed in 82% of all cases. Conclusion: Duplications of the digestive tube uncommon. Prenatal diagnosis allows for correcting such defect in early age, thus reducing morbidity. Echography is a diagnosis helpful method. The ideal treatment for duplication is total resection.

Palabras clave : cyst; duplication; enteric; prenatal; abdominal pain.