2015
DOI: 10.17554/j.issn.2224-3992.2015.04.424
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Complicated Esophagal Duplication Cyst in Adult: A Case Report and Review of the Litterature

Abstract: Esophageal duplication cysts are rare embryonic malformations usually diagnosed in early childhood. They are often asymptomatic but they can cause dyspnoea, chest pain, or dysphagia or be complicated by intracystic hemorrhage, rupture, pulmonary or esophageal hemorrhage, and infection. Malignant transformation is an extremely rare event occurring within oesophageal cysts, adenocarcinoma being the most common histology. they are treated either surgically or endoscopically. We report a case of squamous cell carc… Show more

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“…Complications that have been reported include infections, dysphagia, haemorrhage, perforation and fistulous erosion of the cyst to the adjacent airway tract9 12 and malignant transformation 9. However, the latter is considered as an extremely rare complication 9. In veterinary medicine, only a malignant transformation of a duodenal duplication cyst has been reported in a cat 13…”
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“…Complications that have been reported include infections, dysphagia, haemorrhage, perforation and fistulous erosion of the cyst to the adjacent airway tract9 12 and malignant transformation 9. However, the latter is considered as an extremely rare complication 9. In veterinary medicine, only a malignant transformation of a duodenal duplication cyst has been reported in a cat 13…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The clinical signs associated with the ODC depend on several factors including the anatomic location and size, age at presentation, mass effect associated with the cyst and potential complications that may result from the lesion 12. Complications that have been reported include infections, dysphagia, haemorrhage, perforation and fistulous erosion of the cyst to the adjacent airway tract9 12 and malignant transformation 9. However, the latter is considered as an extremely rare complication 9.…”
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