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Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 147-149 |
Surgical surprise during posterior sagittal anorectoplasy: A rectal duplication
Kashish Khanna1, Devendra Kumar Yadav1, Vikram Khanna2, Samir Kant Acharya3
1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 2 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India 3 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Kashish Khanna Room No. 4002, Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029 India
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DOI: 10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_103_18
An 8-month-old boy with anorectal malformation (ARM) was incidentally found to have double rectal pouches during posterior sagittal anorectoplasty. The distal blind-ending pouch was excised, and the larger proximal pouch was tapered and anorectoplasty performed. The excised pouch was confirmed as rectal duplication cyst. One must be aware of such uncommon associations with ARM.
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