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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.
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Oberwalder, M., Tschmelitsch, J., Conrad, F. et al. Endosonographic image of a retrorectal bowel duplication. Dis Colon Rectum 41, 802–803 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02236274
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02236274