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Case Reports
. 2017 Nov 12:2017:bcr2017219474.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-219474.

Tubular sigmoid duplication in an adult man: an interesting incidental finding

Amani Asour  1 , Hyun-Kyung Kim  1 , Shobhit Arya  1 , Clive Hepworth  1
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Case Reports

Tubular sigmoid duplication in an adult man: an interesting incidental finding

Amani Asour et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

A 61-year-old man attended an outpatient colorectal clinic for a chronic, non-specific abdominal pain, associated with rectal bleeding. He underwent a number of investigations including a CT pneumocolon, which revealed an incidental finding of 20 cm of additional sigmoid colon. This case is interesting because tubular sigmoid duplication is an extremely unusual condition, rarely diagnosed in adults; only a few cases have been reported of this condition in the adult population. Our team chose to treat this patient conservatively, in order to avoid putting the patient at risk of an unnecessary surgery.

Keywords: congenital disorders; gastrointestinal system.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Water-soluble contrast enema showing duplication and adjoining segment of sigmoid.
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Colonoscopy showing two adjacent lumina in the bowel.
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