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Case Report

Volume 3, Number 5, October 2012, pages 312-314


Iatrogenic Rectal Diverticulum After Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. (a) Computer tomography: a 34 x 23 mm lesion, in the right supralevator space, was identified. The lesion was communicated with rectal lumen at the level of the staple line. (b) Colonoscopy view: an isolated diverticulum cavity in the rectum. (c) Surgical specimen: an impacted fecalith in the rectal diverticulum cavity. (d) Histologic examination: the entire rectal layer with the mucosa, submucosa, and proper muscle (H and E stain, x 5).