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RECTAL DUPLICATION CYST IN PREVIOUS ANORECTAL MALFORMATION AND DOWN SYNDROME
Author(s) -
A. Burgio,
Francesco Ferrara,
E. Cerchia,
E. Brandigi,
Rossella Angotti,
Francesco Molinaro,
Mario Messina
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the siena academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2279-882X
pISSN - 2279-8811
DOI - 10.4081/jsas.2012.57.2
Subject(s) - rectum , gene duplication , medicine , constipation , cyst , gastrointestinal tract , ileum , anatomy , surgery , biology , genetics , gene
Gastrointestinal (GI) tract duplications are rare congenital malformations. Most of them occur in the ileum and only 1-5%, of all duplication, were in the rectum. Different clinical features including chronic constipation, rectal prolapsed or polips. We report on a 4-years-old girl with Down syndrome and anorectal malformation (ARM) who was found to have a rectal duplication cyst

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