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Category: Volume 15, Issue 2, 2021
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Intraluminal duodenal diverticulum (IDD) is a rare developmental anomaly usually found in the second portion of the duodenum. The cause appears to be a failure of recanalization of the occluded foregut lumen of the human embryo, resulting in a fenestrated mucosal membrane [1].

A small aperture in this diaphragm will gradually cause it to elongate caudally in response to duodenal peristalsis to form the so called “wind-sock” configuration.

Symptoms are nonspecific and generally depend on the degree of duodenal obstruction; 25% of cases are associated with GI bleeding. In most documented cases, IDD was diagnosed radiologically, but the value of endoscopy for diagnosis and treatment has been amply demonstrated.

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