A complex, high cloacal malformation: case report.
Cloacal malformations are rare, complex inhibitional anomalies of early embryogenesis. We report a patient with a cloacal malformation in which a septate vagina and a rectal fistula emptied through a common orifice onto an exstrophic bladder plate. Additional anomalies included an omphalocele and malformations of the upper urinary tract and the lower extremities, skeleton, and vertebral column.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kinderkrankenhaus der Stadt Köln, Cologne, Germany.
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012006:Rectovaginal Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery