Tubular colonic duplications. A case report and literature review.

Tubular colonic duplication is a rare abnormality. The authors report here on a patient with rather nonspecific symptoms, whose abnormality was only discovered at operation. The good results obtained by a simple operative treatment of such forms contrast with the difficulties arising in clinical and radiological diagnosis. The characteristics of tubular colonic duplication are pointed out, which set it apart from all other types of duplication.