2021 Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 90-95
Gastrointestinal duplication cysts are rare congenital anomalies that develop anywhere in the gastrointestinal system. The prevalence of these cysts is 1 in 4,500 births. They are usually detected prenatally due to improvements in prenatal screening ultrasonography. However, the cyst size, location, and type, mucosal pattern, and presence of complications result in varying clinical presentations and imaging findings, and therefore, it is difficult to distinguish between gastrointestinal duplication cysts and other cystic lesions before surgery. We report a case of duplication cyst diagnosed in a newborn female infant based on the surgical findings, although the cyst had been suspected to be a liver cyst before birth, and it was suspected to be an ovarian cyst or a mesenteric cyst, based on imaging tests performed after her birth.
We review the clinical presentations and imaging findings of duplication cyst by comparing our case and other past cases.
