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A 1-month-old female infant presented with a lump in the right hypochondrium extending into the right iliac fossa. Ultrasonography and computed tomography suggested an intestinal duplication cyst or a gall bladder cyst. Exploratory laparotomy revealed it to be a congenital gall bladder duplication cyst without associated complications. It was removed after confirming the presence of a normal gall bladder. The infant’s postoperative course was uneventful. This unusual presentation of congenital gall bladder duplication cyst prompted us to report this case.
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Kothari, P.R., Kumar, T., Jiwane, A. et al. Unusual features of gall bladder duplication cyst with review of the literature. Ped Surgery Int 21, 552–554 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-004-1355-8
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