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Endosonographic image of a retrorectal bowel duplication: report of a case
M Oberwalder1, J Tschmelitsch, F Conrad
1Second Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Innsbruck, Austria.
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
|June 30, 1998
Abstract
Purpose:
Endosonographic image and surgical therapy of a retrorectal bowel duplication are described.
Methods, Results, And Conclusions:
Compared with standard investigations, the most accurate information about a retrorectal mass in a 35-year-old woman could be obtained by means of endorectal ultrasound. Guided by endorectal ultrasound, the mass was excised using a transanal-transrectal approach, and Kraske's operation could be avoided. Additionally, histopathologic analysis of this rare disease is presented.