An exceptional type of anorectal malformation: anorectal atresia with posterior fistula in a newborn male.

The authors report the case of a newborn male with an exceptional type of anorectal atresia with a fistula that passes posterior to the muscle complex and exits at a site just to the tip of the coccyx. This anorectal malformation was associated with other abnormalities including agenesis of the right kidney, pyelic dilatation of the left kidney, duplicity, and left megaureter. There was no defect in the spine. The anorectal malformation was managed successfully by a posterior sagittal approach according to the Pena procedure.