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Rectal duplication

MedGen UID:
1393874
•Concept ID:
C4511483
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Congenital duplication of rectum; rectal duplication
SNOMED CT: Congenital duplication of rectum (725910009); Rectal duplication (725910009)
 
HPO: HP:6000336
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0015734
Orphanet: ORPHA171220

Definition

A developmental anomaly characterized by an additional rectum that is typically lined with intestinal mucosa with one or more cell types of the gastrointestinal tract overlying submucosa and smooth muscle layer. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRectal duplication

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PubMed

Retrorectal developmental cysts in adults: clinical and radiologic-histopathologic review, differential diagnosis, and treatment.
Dahan H, Arrivé L, Wendum D, Docou le Pointe H, Djouhri H, Tubiana JM
Radiographics 2001 May-Jun;21(3):575-84. doi: 10.1148/radiographics.21.3.g01ma13575. PMID: 11353107

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cystic lesions of the retrorectal space.
Brown IS, Sokolova A, Rosty C, Graham RP
Histopathology 2023 Jan;82(2):232-241. Epub 2022 Aug 24 doi: 10.1111/his.14769. PMID: 35962741
Posterior urethral valve and anterior rectal duplication: a new combination.
Bhandarkar KP, Bouhadiba N, Garriboli M
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Jul 23;12(7) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229648. PMID: 31340946Free PMC Article
Rectal duplication in an infant.
Wakeman D, McDuffie LA, Warner BW
Surgery 2011 Jun;149(6):846-7. Epub 2009 Dec 3 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.10.032. PMID: 19962162
External cystic rectal duplication: an unusual presentation of rectal duplication cyst.
Karaman I, Karaman A, Arda N, Cakmak O
Singapore Med J 2007 Nov;48(11):e287-8. PMID: 17975678
Rectal duplication.
Kulkarni B, Oak SN, Karmarkar SJ, Desai AP, Deshmukh SS
J Postgrad Med 1995 Apr-Jun;41(2):49-51. PMID: 10707712

Diagnosis

Cystic lesions of the retrorectal space.
Brown IS, Sokolova A, Rosty C, Graham RP
Histopathology 2023 Jan;82(2):232-241. Epub 2022 Aug 24 doi: 10.1111/his.14769. PMID: 35962741
Rectal duplication.
Knudtson J, Jackson R, Grewal H
J Pediatr Surg 2003 Jul;38(7):1119-20. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(03)00248-3. PMID: 12861557
Rectal duplication cyst.
Bal S, Aggarwal S, Bhatnagar V, Gulati M
Trop Gastroenterol 1999 Jan-Mar;20(1):54-5. PMID: 10464453
Rectal duplication.
Kulkarni B, Oak SN, Karmarkar SJ, Desai AP, Deshmukh SS
J Postgrad Med 1995 Apr-Jun;41(2):49-51. PMID: 10707712
Rectal duplications.
La Quaglia MP, Feins N, Eraklis A, Hendren WH
J Pediatr Surg 1990 Sep;25(9):980-4. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(90)90242-2. PMID: 2213451

Prognosis

Posterior urethral valve and anterior rectal duplication: a new combination.
Bhandarkar KP, Bouhadiba N, Garriboli M
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Jul 23;12(7) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229648. PMID: 31340946Free PMC Article
Rectal duplication cyst in adults treated with transanal endoscopic microsurgery.
Ben-Ishay O, Person B, Eran B, Hershkovitz D, Duek DS
Tech Coloproctol 2011 Dec;15(4):469-71. Epub 2011 Mar 30 doi: 10.1007/s10151-011-0681-9. PMID: 21448652
External cystic rectal duplication: an unusual presentation of rectal duplication cyst.
Karaman I, Karaman A, Arda N, Cakmak O
Singapore Med J 2007 Nov;48(11):e287-8. PMID: 17975678
Adenocarcinoma arising in rectal duplication cyst: case report and review of the literature.
Shivnani AT, Small W Jr, Benson A 3rd, Rao S, Talamonti MS
Am Surg 2004 Nov;70(11):1007-9. PMID: 15586516
Rectal duplication.
Kulkarni B, Oak SN, Karmarkar SJ, Desai AP, Deshmukh SS
J Postgrad Med 1995 Apr-Jun;41(2):49-51. PMID: 10707712

Clinical prediction guides

Duplication of the rectum: report of four cases and review of the literature.
Rajah S, Ramanujam TM, Anas SR, Jayaram G, Baskaran P, Ganesan J, Tin M
Pediatr Surg Int 1998 Jul;13(5-6):373-6. doi: 10.1007/s003830050343. PMID: 9639621
Antenatal rupture of a diverticular rectal duplication with neonatal perineal fistulization.
Delarue A, Garcia-Meric P, Martin C, Piguet C, André N, Galli G, Guys JM
Pediatr Surg Int 1998 Apr;13(4):288-9. doi: 10.1007/s003830050319. PMID: 9553192
Rectal duplications.
La Quaglia MP, Feins N, Eraklis A, Hendren WH
J Pediatr Surg 1990 Sep;25(9):980-4. doi: 10.1016/0022-3468(90)90242-2. PMID: 2213451

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