title: An unusual form of duplicate bladder exstrophy.
abstract: Duplicate bladder exstrophy is a rare variant of the exstrophy/epispadic lesions in which an external patch of exstrophic bladder presents in addition to a closed bladder in a more normal anatomical position, diastasis of the pubis and rectus muscles, and often a form of epispadias. We describe an anomaly of this variant with a fistula to the closed bladder. Careful examination with fluoroscopy and cystoscopy is helpful in defining the anatomy in these variants.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of General Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Sandra S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Tracy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: McTiernan
authors.forename: Howard B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Ginsburg
mesh_terms: D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004842:Epispadias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001747:Urinary Bladder Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery