Agenesis of the urinary bladder with cutaneous ectopic ureteric orifice and multiple birth defects.
This is to our knowledge the first case in the world literature of a liveborn baby with a tubular colonic duplication, agenesis of the urinary bladder, urethral atresia, and a single pelvic kidney with its ureter opening directly onto the skin in the region of the natal cleft. A brief review of the embryology is included and an attempt is made to explain the embryologic basis for this anomaly.
Bhagwat
A D
AD
Department of Pediatric Surgery, B.J. Wadia Children's Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
Samuel
K V
KV
Kulkarni
M S
MS
Kapur
V R
VR
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000196:embryology / Q000453:epidemiology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D014513:Ureter; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000002:abnormalities*