NCT04316273

Colonic Duplication; Two Cases Report and Review of Literature

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 2 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assiut University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Colonic Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	colonic surgery	resection of duplicated colon

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-01
• Primary completion: 2020-03-01
• Completion: 2020-03-01
• First posted: 2020-03-20
• Last updated: 2020-03-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt