Pediatric Radiology - Case Report

An unusual cause of diffuse ascites in an infant: colonic duplication associated with bladder duplication

  • Barış Bakır
  • Selim Gökçe
  • Memduh Dursun
  • Koray Güven
  • Artur Salmaslıoğlu

Received Date: 12.09.2007 Accepted Date: 02.01.2008 Diagn Interv Radiol 2009;15(3):210-211

Colonic duplication is usually asymptomatic; however, when it is symptomatic, patients with this anomaly may present with bleeding, constipation, or manifestations of obstruction, perforation, or malignancy. We report the case of a sixteen-month-old boy who presented with diffuse ascites, and had complete colonic duplication and bladder duplication. Duplication of the colon associated with bladder duplication is a rare entity with only a few cases reported in the medical literature. In addition, it is an extremely rare cause of ascites.

Keywords: colonic duplication, bladder duplication , ascites