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Initial MRI (without contrast) images.
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A magnetic resonance image (MRI) was requested, which confirmed the presence of scoliosis but had also picked up an incidental cyst near the ileum, attached to the appendix (Figure 1).
Subsequent MRI (with contrast) images.
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A repeat MRI was performed 6 months later, which showed an unchanged cyst (Figure 2).
Macroscopic appearance of duplication cyst.
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The cyst was excised as an elective procedure (Figure 3).
Histology of duplication cyst (stained with haemotoxylin and eosin).
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Histology was performed, which showed a unilocular cyst, lined by pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium, with a discoloured wall showing no submucosa (Figure 4).