Uncommon complication of gastric duplication in a three-year-old child.

We describe a very uncommon case of gastric duplication with heterotopic pancreas suggested by an acute pancreatitis and complicated by pseudocyst formation. Diagnostics, hypothesis and management are discussed.

Incidence of large oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis: application to prophylaxis of first bleeding.

Because several studies have suggested that beta blockers are effective in the prophylaxis of first variceal bleeding in cirrhosis, screening for oesophageal varices might be appropriate. We prospectively studied 84 cirrhotic patients without obvious evidence of large oesophageal varices and previous bleeding during a mean follow up of 16 months. At entry to the study 41 patients had no oesophageal varices and in 43 these were grade 1.