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Case Reports
. 1991;13(1):53-7.
doi: 10.1007/BF01623143.

Antenatal diagnosis of abdominothoracic alimentary tract duplication: a case report

F Jacquemard  1 , J C Palaric, D D'Hervé, J M Duval, P Darnault, C Treguier
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Case Reports

Antenatal diagnosis of abdominothoracic alimentary tract duplication: a case report

F Jacquemard et al. Surg Radiol Anat. 1991.

Abstract

Alimentary tract duplications are rare, linked in their tubular form with a disturbance of organogenesis at the time of the separation of the notochord during the 4th week of gestation. Its division leads to the formation of a supernumerary esophagus, situated in the posterior mediastinum, associated with vertebral malformations and connected at its distal extremity with the alimentary tract. We report a case of esophageal duplication revealed antenatally as an ultrasound image of fluid tonality in the posterior mediastinum, causing a major pleural effusion. The other diagnostic possibilities are discussed in terms of the anatomy, embryogenesis and ultrasonographic appearance of the lesion.

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