title: A newborn with trisomy 13 presenting with cloacal exstrophy.
abstract: Trisomy 13 syndrome is a rare disorder that carries a high mortality rate due to abnormal prenatal development resulting in serious birth defects. Although genitourinary malformations are commonly seen in trisomy 13 syndrome, to our knowledge, the association of cloacal exstrophy with trisomy 13 has been extremely rarely reported. Herein, a newborn with trisomy 13 syndrome having multiple congenital anomalies, including cloacal exstrophy, is presented, and the importance of structural anomalies of the neutrophilic leukocytes on a blood smear in supporting diagnosis of trisomy 13 is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey. drmehmetmutlu38@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Şebnem
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Kader
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarıaydın
authors.forename: Yakup
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erduran
authors.forename: Alper Han
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Çebi
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000071056:Anorectal Malformations; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000209:etiology*; D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014314:Trisomy; D000073839:Trisomy 13 Syndrome