title: Cloacal duplication.
abstract: Cloacal duplication including the rectum, anus, and genitourinary organs is one of supernumerary development. Only two cases have been reported in the literature. A case with cloacal duplication is presented. The patient was an 8-year-old girl who has had fecal incontinence since birth. Successful surgical treatment was achieved by removing one rectum and exteriorizing the other through perineal raphe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Salman
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003125:Colostomy; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology / Q000601:surgery; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000196:embryology