Coincident Occurrence of Intestinal Duplication Cyst and Type I and Type II Intestinal Atresias

Abstract

The association of intestinal duplication and intestinal atresia is very rare. A case of intestinal duplication associated with Type I and Type II intestinal atresias is reported, and the relevant literature pertaining to the causation of these lesions is discussed. To the best of our knowledge, this case seems to be the first report

Histopathological diagnostic dilemma in retrorectal developmental cysts: report of a case and review of the literature

“…Absence of two-layered muscle decreased the possibility of duplication cyst as a diagnosis. However, as some reports have suggested, the probability of having a single and common muscularis propria created confusion in favor of a duplication cyst (16,17). For this reason, the comment of "duplication cyst could not be excluded definitely" was added to our report.…”