Catalog

Tubular duplication of oesophagus

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Tubular duplication of oesophagus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/65310277

Tubular duplication of the oesophagus is a rare congenital where a second structure with individual lumen and stratified squamous mucosa and muscularis mucosa lies within or adjacent to the true oesophagus causing dysphagia, nausea, vomiting, retrosternal pain and respiratory problems (stridor and recurrent pneumonia)and usually presenting in children.