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A rectocele (/ˈrɛktəsiːl/ REK-tə-seel) 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.Although the term applies most usually to the phenomenon of rectal herniation into the vagina in females males may suffer with a condition likewise named.
