Rectal shelf in a 3-month-old girl with an intermediate anorectal anomaly
Rectal shelf in a 3-month-old girl with an intermediate anorectal anomaly
A) The anal opening is excentrically located in pigmented skin of perineum. The opening is not stenotic. B) To demonstrate the posterior shelf, a surgical clamp is inserted into the anal opening, pulling outward on the posterior lip of anorectal canal.