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Duplication Cysts in the Oesophagus and Pylorus of a Juvenile Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus): A Case Report

Andrew Y Kushnir1★, Tiffany Ng1, David Kilroy1, Hanne Jahns1★ Corresponding author

  1. 1School of Veterinary Medicine, Univer- sity College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IRELAND.

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Andrew Y Kushnir

School of Veterinary Medicine, Univer- sity College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, IRELAND.

andrew.kushnir@ucdconnect.ie

Received: 15-01-2019; Revised: 10-02-2019; Accepted: 14-02-2019.

Volume 5, Issue 1 · pp. 10–12 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/bems.5.1.3

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Duplication cysts of the gastrointestinal tract in mammals are rare congenital anomalies that arise during embryonic development. Finding these cysts in a juvenile Grey seal is also a rare observation. We report here a coincidental finding of two gastrointestinal duplication cysts in a 4-week-old female Grey seal, which was found on a beach on the East coast of Ireland. Gross anatomical features of the esophagus and pylorus together with the histological features of the cyst are presented.

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    Kushnir, A. Y., Ng, T., Kilroy, D., & Jahns, H. (). Duplication Cysts in the Oesophagus and Pylorus of a Juvenile Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus): A Case Report. Biology, Engineering, Medicine and Science Reports, 5(1), 10–12. https://doi.org/10.5530/bems.5.1.3