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Type V Congenital Pouch Colon: An Extremely Rare Variant of Anorectal Malformations

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Type V is the rarest form of congenital pouch colon with only four cases reported till date. We report this anomaly in a 6-month-old boy. He was managed successfully with… Click to show full abstract

Type V is the rarest form of congenital pouch colon with only four cases reported till date. We report this anomaly in a 6-month-old boy. He was managed successfully with excision of distal pouch and coloplasty of proximal pouch along with abdominoperineal posterior sagittal anorectoplasty. We recommend preservation of proximal pouch in such cases.

Keywords: congenital pouch; pouch colon; type congenital; extremely rare; colon extremely

Journal Title: Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Year Published: 2017

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