title: Prenatal diagnosis of cloacal anomaly.
abstract: The authors present a case of prenatal diagnosis of cloacal anomaly, characterized by the presence of oligohydramnios and cystic pelvic mass with changing features during observation. Postnatal study confirmed the presence of a recto-cloacal fistula, with a high confluence of the urinary, genital and intestinal systems. Both parents had a chromosome 9 inversion (p11q13), but the child was chromosomally normal.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia Pediatrica, Università di Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cacciaguerra
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lo Presti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Leo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grasso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gangarossa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005402:Fistula; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000151:congenital*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging