Open AccessWind sock deformity in rectal atresia
Author(s) -
Seyed Mohammad Hosseini,
Farhad Ghahramani,
Alireza Shamsaeefar,
T Muhammed Razmi,
Mohammad Zarenezhad
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.48974
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , deformity , rectum , atresia , constipation , colostomy , anal atresia , anal canal , rectal examination , prostate cancer , cancer
Rectal atresia is a rare anorectal deformity. It usually presents with neonatal obstruction and it is often a complete membrane or severe stenosis. Windsock deformity has not been reported in rectal atresia especially, having been missed for 2 years. A 2-year-old girl reported only a severe constipation despite having a 1.5-cm anal canal in rectal examination with scanty discharge. She underwent loop colostomy and loopogram, which showed a wind sock deformity of rectum with mega colon. The patient underwent abdominoperineal pull-through with good result and follow-up. This is the first case of the wind sock deformity in rectal atresia being reported after 2 years of age.