Cloacal exstrophy: a case report and literature review

Medicina (Kaunas). 2011;47(12):682-5.

Abstract

Cloacal exstrophy is an extremely rare congenital malformation resulting in an exstrophy of the urinary, intestinal, and genital organs and associated with anomalies of other organ systems. We present a complicated case of cloacal exstrophy and the recent progress in the management of this probably most complicated anomaly in pediatric urology and surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bladder Exstrophy / diagnosis*
  • Bladder Exstrophy / pathology
  • Cloaca / abnormalities*
  • Cloaca / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intestines / abnormalities
  • Liver / abnormalities
  • Male
  • Penis / abnormalities
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Dysraphism / diagnostic imaging
  • Spleen / abnormalities
  • Stomach / abnormalities
  • Young Adult