Thoracic, thoraco-abdominal, and abdominal duplication

Abdominal enteric duplication is a relatively com-mon congenital abnormality which is well annotated in the literature. Thoracic accessory enteric formations are less common, and thoraco-abdominal duplications are even more rare. The following case illustrates all forms of enteric duplications as described by Smith (1960), and no similar case can be found in the literature. CASE REPORT Christine G. aged 8 years was admitted to this unit for elective thoracotomy for a bi-lobed right-sided posterior mediastinal lesion. At the age of 7 months she had been admitted to another hospital with profuse melaena. On 1 May 1956 laparotomy revealed a small bowel duplicatio