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Rectocele

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A Rectocele results from a tear in the rectovaginal septum (which is normally a tough, fibrous, sheet-like divider between the rectum and vagina). Rectal tissue bulges through this tear and into the vagina as a hernia. There are two main causes of this tear: childbirth, and hysterectomy. [ HPO:sdoelken ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • MSH:D020047
  • UMLS:C0149771
  • ICD-9:618.04
  • SNOMEDCT_US:447072005
  • SNOMEDCT_US:62730001
created by

doelkens

creation date

2011-06-09T05:07:41Z

definition

A Rectocele results from a tear in the rectovaginal septum (which is normally a tough, fibrous, sheet-like divider between the rectum and vagina). Rectal tissue bulges through this tear and into the vagina as a hernia. There are two main causes of this tear: childbirth, and hysterectomy.

id

HP:0100822

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