Congenital Pouch Colon from Al-Ahsa Region of Saudi Arabia – A Changing Demography?

INTRODUCTION The condition of Congenital Pouch Colon (CPC) has been associated with ano-rectal agenesis, particularly seen in Asia and is defined as an anomaly in which whole or part of the colon is replaced by a pouch like dilatation, which mostly communicates distally with the urogenital tract by a fistula[1]. Recently the Krickenbeck classification for anorectal malformations (ARM) has classified this entity as a rare anomaly[2]. This condition is seen much more frequently in the northern, northwestern and central part of India and neighboring nations like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, accounting for more than 90% of the reported cases. Only a few reports have originated from China, Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom and other parts of world[1,3,4] but none from the Arab peninsula. Original Article