Prospects for the prenatal diagnosis and obstetric management of cloacal exstrophy. A report of two cases.
Two cases of cloacal exstrophy, a rare congenital anomaly featuring exstrophy of the urinary, genital and intestinal systems, occurred. Possibilities for the prenatal diagnosis of such structural anomalies are alpha-fetoprotein screening, ultrasonography and fetal heart rate and activity patterns. Careful preoperative evaluation of affected neonates and staging of the surgical correction are recommended.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000002:abnormalities; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000002:abnormalities