title: [Congenital rectovestibular fistula. An unusual diagnosis that should not be ignored].
abstract: Rectovestibular fistula without anorectal malformation is a rare anomaly.
  
  
  METHODS
  A six-week-old baby was hospitalized for a greater labium abscess. Stools leakage was secondary noted in the vagina and in abscess area. Clinical examination under anesthesia concluded to a congenital rectovestibular fistula with secondary drainage in the greater labium. Surgical treatment without colostomy led to recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Congenital recto-vestibular fistula is a difficult diagnosis. It should be evoked when vaginal fecal leakage occurs in the absence of anorectal malformation or perineal injury. Fistula location is often confirmed by clinical examination under anesthesia. Treatment is surgical and allowed recovery without any functional damage.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, CHU Caen Côte-de-Nacre, 14033 Caen, France. petit-t@chu.caen.fr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fouques
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Viatounou
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mesnil
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ravasse
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005243:Feces; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012006:Rectovaginal Fistula / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery