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Case Reports
. 2007 Feb 28;13(8):1279-81.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i8.1279.

Foregut duplication cysts of the stomach with respiratory epithelium

Theodosios Theodosopoulos  1 , Athanasios Marinis, Konstantinos Karapanos, Georgios Vassilikostas, Nikolaos Dafnios, Lazaros Samanides, Eleni Carvounis
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Case Reports

Foregut duplication cysts of the stomach with respiratory epithelium

Theodosios Theodosopoulos et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Gastrointestinal duplication is a congenital rare disease entity. Gastric duplication cysts seem to appear even more rarely. Herein, two duplications cysts of the stomach in a 46 year-old female patient are presented. Abdominal computed tomography demonstrated a cystic lesion attached to the posterior aspect of the gastric fundus, while upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was negative. An exploratory laparotomy revealed a non-communicating cyst and a smaller similar cyst embedded in the gastrosplenic ligament. Excision of both cysts along with the spleen was performed and pathology reported two smooth muscle coated cysts with a pseudostratified ciliated epithelial lining (respiratory type).

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Abdominal CT scan demonstrating a cystic lesion attached to the posterior gastric wall (black arrow) and a pulmonary sequestration in the left pulmonary base (white arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Coronary CT plate showing the pulmonary sequestration of the basal segment of the left lower lobe (arrow).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Histological section of the cyst wall lined by a respiratory-type epithelium and containing seromucinous glands (HE, x 100).
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