title: Urogenital sinus abnormalities in the female patient.
abstract: Three patients with a urogenital sinus and 1 with a cloaca presented with complex diagnostic and therapeutic anomalies. A classification of these and other vaginal anomalies is based on the theory that they all represent an arrest in normal embryological development. Six categories are described, including vaginal agenesis, urogenital sinus, vaginal atresia, vaginal septa, vaginal stenosis and cloaca.
mesh_terms: D002988:Cloaca; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000601:surgery; D014567:Urography; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities; D014719:Vesicovaginal Fistula / Q000209:etiology