title: Anterior rectal duplication: a diagnostic challenge.
abstract: The authors present an anterior rectal cyst in a 14-month-old girl. This rare variant of rectal duplications presented with recurrent urinary infections. The diagnosis was challenging in view of the multiple differential diagnoses to be considered. Magnetic resonance imaging appeared to be the most accurate preoperative investigation. The cyst was removed uneventfully by partial excision and mucosal ablation. An awareness of this variant can lead to early diagnosis and curative resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amjadi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poenaru
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soboleski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hurlbut
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kamal
mesh_terms: D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology