Cloacal anomaly is a congenital abnormality, characterized by direct communication between the gastrointestinal, urinary and genital structures, resulting in a common perineal opening. It is bielived to result from failure of the urorectal septum
to
join the cloacal membrane.
We experienced a case of variant type of cloacal anomaly in 1 day-old female. She had the urogenital sinus with remnant urethra, anterioroly placed anus, both hydronephrosis, double uterus, double vagina, hydrometrocolopos and patent ductus
arteriosus.
A brief review of related literature was made.
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