Endosonographic image of a retrorectal bowel duplication: report of a case.
OBJECTIVE
Endosonographic image and surgical therapy of a retrorectal bowel duplication are described.


CONCLUSIONS
Compared with standard investigations, the most accurate information about a retrorectal mass in a 35-year-old woman could be obtained by means of endorectal ultrasound. Guided by endorectal ultrasound, the mass was excised using a transanal-transrectal approach, and Kraske's operation could be avoided. Additionally, histopathologic analysis of this rare disease is presented.
Oberwalder
M
M
Second Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria.
Tschmelitsch
J
J
Conrad
F
F
Offner
F
F
D000328:Adult; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional