title: Rectal duplication.
abstract: Duplications of the alimentary tract are of a great rarity, particularly so in the rectum. Because of its rarity, the difficulty of making a correct diagnosis and of selection of proper approach for treatment, this entity bears a special significance. The present case report deals with a female newborn who presented with imperforate anus and a rectovestibular fistula and a mass prolapsing at the introitus. Complete excision of the mass was carried out through the perineal approach and the child then underwent, a PSARP for the correction of the rectal anomaly. Histology confirmed the mass to be a rectal duplication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, L T M G Hospital, Sion, Mumbai.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Oak
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Karmarkar
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Deshmukh
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012006:Rectovaginal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome