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Mentoring Ethics In Postgraduate Surgical Training: A Developing Country Perspective From Pakistan, Mohsin Azam, Saleha Anwar, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Muhammad Waqas
Mentoring Ethics In Postgraduate Surgical Training: A Developing Country Perspective From Pakistan, Mohsin Azam, Saleha Anwar, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Muhammad Waqas
Section of Neurosurgery
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Oesophageal Duplication Cyst Presenting As Haemoptysis, Noureen Afzal, Syeda Ezz-E-Rukhshan Adil, Ammara Mushtaq, Arshalooz Rahman, Muneer Amanullah
Oesophageal Duplication Cyst Presenting As Haemoptysis, Noureen Afzal, Syeda Ezz-E-Rukhshan Adil, Ammara Mushtaq, Arshalooz Rahman, Muneer Amanullah
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Duplications of the alimentary tract include a variety of cysts, diverticula, and tubular malformations, all believed to have embryological origin. The cysts are most commonly found in children, and the diagnosis is made in infancy in the majority of patients. We report a case of a two-and-a-half year old child, presenting with the history of repeated episodes of haematemesis. Upper GI endoscopy was unremarkable and the chest x-ray showed no pathology. Computed tomography (CT) angiogram revealed soft tissue density lesion in the right chest at the level of T6. Right thoracotomy suggested a cystic mass close to the oesophagus which …