Anal imperforation in adults: Diagnostic difficulties and therapeutic options.

Anorectal malformations are congenital anomalies ranging from simple perineal fistulas to complex malformations. They are usually treated inchildhood, and exceptionally in adult. We herein report the case of a 22 years aged patient and relate the diagnosis difficulties and therapeuticoptions. She consulted for anal imperforation discovered since birth. Initially, His parents refused the surgical management. It was an analimperforation with a vestibular fistula. The patient was operated by a low approach. She had a disconnection of the recto-vestibular fistula,dissection of the anal canal and a perineal posterior transposition. Postoperative course was uneventful. The evaluation of continence usingKelly's score found good Functional result.