GASTRIC DUPLICATION, A RARE CAUSE FOR A CYSTIC TUMOR IN THE UPPER ABDOMEN

Duplications of the gastrointestinal tract are congenital anomalies se en in about 0,2 % of all children. These include the rare gastric dupl ications. Latter diagnosis is usually made in the first months after b irth on recurrent vomiting by detection of an abdominal tumor. The mos t important imaging modality is ultrasonography. The case of a prematu rely born child weighing 1900 g is presented in whom at the age of thr ee weeks a gastric duplication of the greater curvature was diagnosed and who was successfully Created by resection. The postoperative follo w-up for 24 months was uncomplicated.