Abstract
Enteric duplication cysts are hollow, epithelium-lined, cystic, spherical, or tubular structures that are firmly attached to the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. Commonly they are supplied by surrounding mesenteric blood vessels. However, completely isolated duplication cysts do not communicate with the normal bowel segment and have their own exclusive blood supply. They are a very rare variety of gastrointestinal duplications. In the English medical literature there are 5 earlier reported cases: 4 in pediatrics and 1 in an adult male age 28 years. We report a case of a 27-year-old female patient presenting with a completely isolated (noncontiguous) enteric duplication cyst with its own vascular pedicle. This case represents a rare clinical example of an isolated enteric duplication cyst removed by laparoscopic excision. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of its kind in an adult female and the first case to use laparoscopy to remove the cyst.
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