Anal Canal Duplication in an 11-Year-Old-Child
Anal canal duplication (ACD) is the least frequent digestive duplication. Symptoms are often absent but tend to increase with age. Recognition is, however, important as almost half of the patients with ACD have concomitant malformations. We present the clinical history of an eleven-year-old girl wit...
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| author | S. Van Biervliet E. Maris S. Vande Velde D. Vande Putte V. Meerschaut N. Herregods R. De Bruyne M. Van Winckel K. Van Renterghem |
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| description | Anal canal duplication (ACD) is the least frequent digestive duplication. Symptoms are often absent but tend to increase with age. Recognition is, however, important as almost half of the patients with ACD have concomitant malformations. We present the clinical history of an eleven-year-old girl with ACD followed by a review of symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis based on all the reported cases in English literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d2127f90a29d46ee987f18e1c5541d6e2025-02-03T05:43:53ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362013-01-01201310.1155/2013/503691503691Anal Canal Duplication in an 11-Year-Old-ChildS. Van Biervliet0E. Maris1S. Vande Velde2D. Vande Putte3V. Meerschaut4N. Herregods5R. De Bruyne6M. Van Winckel7K. Van Renterghem8Departement of Pediatric Gastro-Enterology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185 , 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartement of Pediatric Gastro-Enterology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185 , 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartement of Pediatric Gastro-Enterology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185 , 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartement of Pediatric Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartement of Pediatric Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartement of Pediatric Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartement of Pediatric Gastro-Enterology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185 , 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartement of Pediatric Gastro-Enterology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185 , 9000 Ghent, BelgiumDepartement of Pediatric Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, BelgiumAnal canal duplication (ACD) is the least frequent digestive duplication. Symptoms are often absent but tend to increase with age. Recognition is, however, important as almost half of the patients with ACD have concomitant malformations. We present the clinical history of an eleven-year-old girl with ACD followed by a review of symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis based on all the reported cases in English literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/503691 |
| spellingShingle | S. Van Biervliet E. Maris S. Vande Velde D. Vande Putte V. Meerschaut N. Herregods R. De Bruyne M. Van Winckel K. Van Renterghem Anal Canal Duplication in an 11-Year-Old-Child Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Anal Canal Duplication in an 11-Year-Old-Child |
| title_full | Anal Canal Duplication in an 11-Year-Old-Child |
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| title_short | Anal Canal Duplication in an 11-Year-Old-Child |
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