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.
Wagner
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kinderkrankenhaus der Stadt Köln, Cologne, Germany.
Holschneider
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Gharib
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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