title: Ruptured rectal duplication with urogenital abnormality: Unusual presentation.
abstract: Rectal duplication (RD) accounts for 5% of alimentary tract duplication. A varied presentation and associated anomalies have been described in the literature. Antenatal rupture of the RD is very rare. We present an unusual case of a ruptured RD associated with urogenital abnormalities in newborn male. We are discussing diagnosis, embryology, management and literature review of ruptured RD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Shailesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Solanki
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M Narendra
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Gowri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santhanakrishnan
keywords: Antenatal rupture; duplication cyst; rectal duplication