Abstract
A girl with a rare congenital malformation consisting of duplication of the urinary and genital tracts as well as of the entire colon, terminating in double rectogenital fistulas, is presented. Because of a small-capacity urinary bladder on one side and an atonic neurogenic bladder on the other side, urinary diversion was necessary. A preliminary diverting colostomy of the duplicated transverse colon was followed by anoplasty of one anus. Later on, the duplicated proximal colostomy was anastomosed to the one distal colon leading to the rectum with anoplasty. The treatment of this complex anomaly is described.
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Zamir, O., Lernau, O., Goldberg, M. et al. Hindgut duplication. Dis Colon Rectum 27, 615–617 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553858
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