Sudden Unexpected Death Associated with Ileocecal Duplication Cyst and Clinical Review

• Main Authors: Y Kashiwagi, S. Suzuki, K. Watanabe, S. Nishimata, H. Kawashima, K. Takekuma, A. Hoshika
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-01-01
• Series: Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4137/CMPed.S4850

Duplications of the alimentary tract are very rare. A one-month-old female presented with symptoms of anorexia, vomiting and continuous watery diarrhea. The plain abdominal radiograph showed thickened intestinal wall and signs of small bowel obstruction. The fevers, vomiting, and continuous wartery diarrhea persisted despite antibiotics, and worsened. The patient failed to respond to medical managements, 27 hours after admission, the patient died due to multiple organ failures. The autopsy was performed, small bowel obstruction due to an ileocecal duplication cyst (3 × 3 cm) was recognized. The ileocecal duplication cyst was attached to the ileum which was changed edematous and necrotic. This potential diagnosis should be borne in mind for a patient who complains of abdominal symptoms with an unknown cause, and duplication cyst should be recognized as a fatal cause in infant.