title: Inferior vesical fistula.
abstract: Exstrophy variants are uncommon developmental anomalies of the bladder; the variants involving only the bladder neck are extremely rare. There are only two case reports of inferior vesical fissure to date, and inferior vesical fistula (IVF) as an exstrophy variant has not been described previously. We report a case of IVF in a 20-month-old female. The urethra was normal in calibre and position and the bladder capacity was adequate. Simple closure of the fistula was followed by a normal micturition pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bagga
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chadha
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000601:surgery*