Cystic duplication of the rectum--report of two clinical cases.
The authors present two case reports of cystic rectal duplication which presented as rectal prolapse. Two girls, caucasian race, 8 months and 12 years old, went to the emergency department because of a rectal prolapse. After the diagnosis surgical excision was performed by transanal approach. The post-operative period was short and uneventful. Histological examination confirmed a rectal cystic duplication.
Carvalho
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Maria Pia Children's Hospital, Porto, Portugal.
Pereira
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Enes
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D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery