Anterior sacral meningocele complicated by rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea: A Case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Anterior sacral meningocele (ASM) is a rare congenital anomaly. It is characterized by herniation of the dura through a defect in the anterior sacrum. Rarely, however, it may extend to the rectal area through a rectothecal fistula with or without rectorrhea. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we pr...

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Autores principales: Rahimizadeh, Abolfazl, Ehteshami, Saeed, Rahimizadeh, Ava, Karimi, Mona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7265423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32494392
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_157_2020
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author Rahimizadeh, Abolfazl
Ehteshami, Saeed
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Karimi, Mona
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description BACKGROUND: Anterior sacral meningocele (ASM) is a rare congenital anomaly. It is characterized by herniation of the dura through a defect in the anterior sacrum. Rarely, however, it may extend to the rectal area through a rectothecal fistula with or without rectorrhea. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we present a case of ASM associated with a rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea. Surgical closure of the ostium of the cyst through a posterior approach resulted in long-term improvement CONCLUSION: An ASM with both rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea is extremely rare.
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spelling pubmed-72654232020-06-02 Anterior sacral meningocele complicated by rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea: A Case report and review of the literature Rahimizadeh, Abolfazl Ehteshami, Saeed Rahimizadeh, Ava Karimi, Mona Surg Neurol Int Case Report BACKGROUND: Anterior sacral meningocele (ASM) is a rare congenital anomaly. It is characterized by herniation of the dura through a defect in the anterior sacrum. Rarely, however, it may extend to the rectal area through a rectothecal fistula with or without rectorrhea. CASE DESCRIPTION: Here, we present a case of ASM associated with a rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea. Surgical closure of the ostium of the cyst through a posterior approach resulted in long-term improvement CONCLUSION: An ASM with both rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea is extremely rare. Scientific Scholar 2020-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7265423/ /pubmed/32494392 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_157_2020 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Rahimizadeh, Abolfazl
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Anterior sacral meningocele complicated by rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea: A Case report and review of the literature
title Anterior sacral meningocele complicated by rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea: A Case report and review of the literature
title_full Anterior sacral meningocele complicated by rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea: A Case report and review of the literature
title_fullStr Anterior sacral meningocele complicated by rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea: A Case report and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Anterior sacral meningocele complicated by rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea: A Case report and review of the literature
title_short Anterior sacral meningocele complicated by rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea: A Case report and review of the literature
title_sort anterior sacral meningocele complicated by rectothecal fistula and rectorrhea: a case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7265423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32494392
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_157_2020
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