Uerthral Obstruction By a Foregin Body:An Unusal Presentation of Ano-Rectal Malformation With Recto-Urethral Fistuala.

ABSTRACT

A 16 months old male child with features of acute urinary and intestinal obstruction due to a vegetative foreign body (FB) impacted in the anterior urethra is presented. The patient had an untreated intermediate ano-rectal malformation (ARM) with wide recto-urethral fistula (RUF). Multiple other congenital anomalies were, also, seen in this patient. The foreign body was removed by an external urethral meatotomy, relieving recto-urethral obstruction. However, the child died of septicaemia 6 hours post-operativerly. To best ofOUt knowledge, this is the first case of ARM, presenting with urethral obstruction due to a foreign body.