title: [Anterior rectal duplication in adult patient: a case report].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of rectal duplication in the adult and make a literature review.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The intestinal duplications are injuries of congenital origin that can exist from the base of the tongue to the anal verge, being the most frequent site at level of terminal ileum (22%) and at the rectal level in 5% To date approximately exist 80 reports in world-wide Literature generally in the pediatric population being little frequent in the adult age. Its presentation could be tubular or cystic. The recommended treatment is the surgical resection generally in block with coloanal anastomosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case review of rectal duplication in the adult and the conducted treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The case of a patient appears with diagnose of rectal duplication with tubular type,whose main symptom was constipation and fecal impactation. In the exploration was detect double rectal lumen (anterior and posterior) that it above initiates by of the anorectal ring with fibrous ulcer of fibrinoid aspect of 3 approx cm of length x 1 cm wide, at level of the septum that separates both rectal lumina.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rectal duplication is a rare pathology in the adult nevertheless is due to suspect before the existence of alterations in the mechanics of the defecation, rectal prolapse and rectal bleeding,the election treatment is a protectomy with colonic pouch in "J" and coloanal anastomosis.
authors: Servicio de Coloproctología, Hospital Escandón de Tacubaya, México, D.F. jrodriguezcabrera@hotmail.com
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Rodríguez-Cabrera
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Villanueva-Sáenz
authors: L E
authors: LE
authors: Bolaños-Badillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities*