Gastric duplication cyst as a differential for an intra-thoracic cystic mass

We report a case of a neonate who presented with respiratory distress initially managed for a suspected pneumothorax before being transferred to a tertiary centre where he had a thoracotomy. A large cystic structure was excised later histologically confirmed to be a gastric duplication cyst. We disc...

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Autores principales: Grossmann, Ole, Dass, Dipankar, Marven, Sean
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659557
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.150990
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spelling pubmed-49555022016-09-01 Gastric duplication cyst as a differential for an intra-thoracic cystic mass Grossmann, Ole Dass, Dipankar Marven, Sean Afr J Paediatr Surg Case Report We report a case of a neonate who presented with respiratory distress initially managed for a suspected pneumothorax before being transferred to a tertiary centre where he had a thoracotomy. A large cystic structure was excised later histologically confirmed to be a gastric duplication cyst. We discuss its management. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4955502/ /pubmed/25659557 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.150990 Text en Copyright: © African Journal of Paediatric Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Gastric duplication cyst as a differential for an intra-thoracic cystic mass
title Gastric duplication cyst as a differential for an intra-thoracic cystic mass
title_full Gastric duplication cyst as a differential for an intra-thoracic cystic mass
title_fullStr Gastric duplication cyst as a differential for an intra-thoracic cystic mass
title_full_unstemmed Gastric duplication cyst as a differential for an intra-thoracic cystic mass
title_short Gastric duplication cyst as a differential for an intra-thoracic cystic mass
title_sort gastric duplication cyst as a differential for an intra-thoracic cystic mass
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4955502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25659557
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0189-6725.150990
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