Introduction
Alimentary tract duplications are rare developmental anomalies that can
occur anywhere in the intestinal tract. The definition was proposed that
it is covered by flat muscles, has a gastrointestinal mucosa on the
inner surface, and is in close contact with the part of the
gastrointestinal tract. The first symptoms of rectal duplication are
often constipation and abdominal distension, probably because of the
exclusion of the intestinal tract.
Ladd and Gross described intestinal duplications in 1941, as having an
attachment or adherence to some part of the gastrointestinal tract, the
presence of a smooth muscle wall, and a mucosal lining with one or more
cell types of the gastrointestinal tract(1). Rectal
duplicate cysts are the least common among the gastrointestinal
congenital cysts, forming only 4% of them(2), and
they are known to derive from the hindgut(3).
Presentation in adult rare, usually they present in childhood with
infection, fistulization or mass effects such as tenesmus, constipation,
prolapse and urinary retention (4, 5). We herein
report a case of an adult woman with rectal duplication cysts excision
via robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery and its utility.