Remnants of the Vitello-intestinal Duct
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Remnants of the vitello-intestinal duct are said to be present in 2 to 4% of all routine postmortem examinations, but presumably many people live their allotted span of life despite their presence and at no time have symptoms referable to them. On the other hand, these vestigial structures may make their presence known dramatically in the first few years of life, or, more rarely, in adult life. The complications to which they are subject are serious and are commonest in infants and young children of the male sex. This paper is based on 88 patients under the age of 12 years who were operated upon in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, during the past 20 years. In 73 cases there was a definite lesion involving vitelline duct remnants and in 15 the structures were discovered incidentally during laparotomy for some other condition.
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