Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 9 , Pages 1749-1752 , September 2008

Anal canal duplication associated with presacral cyst

  • Johannes R. Kratz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Vikram Deshpande

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Daniel P. Ryan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Allan M. Goldstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 617 726 0270; fax: +1 617 726 2167.

Received 31 March 2008 ,Revised 13 May 2008 ,Accepted 13 May 2008.

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PII: S0022-3468(08)00464-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.05.026

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 9 , Pages 1749-1752 , September 2008

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