title: Patulous rectum extension into the ischiorectal fossa: CT findings.
abstract: Protrusion of the rectum with egress into the ischiorectal fossa was present on computed tomography (CT) in three elderly women. CT demonstration of such rectal redundancy in elderly women will avoid unnecessary bowel damage in the case of misguided clinical assessment of rectal pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hadassa Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bar-Ziv
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed