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Cloaca is a rare, complex malformation encompassing the genitourinary and anorectal tract of the female in which these tracts fail to separate in utero, resulting in a single perineal orifice. Prenatal sonography detects a few cases with findings such as renal and urinary tract malformations, intraluminal calcifications, dilated bowel, ambiguous genitalia, a cystic pelvic mass, or identification of other associated anomalies prompting further imaging. Multi-disciplinary collaboration between neonatology, pediatric surgery, urology, and gynecology is paramount to achieving safe outcomes. Perinatal evaluation and management may include treatment of cardiopulmonary and renal anomalies, administration of prophylactic antibiotics, ensuring egress of urine and evaluation of hydronephrosis, drainage of a hydrocolpos, and creation of a colostomy for stool diversion. Additional imaging of the spinal cord and sacrum are obtained to plan possible neurosurgical intervention as well as prognostication of future bladder and bowel control. Endoscopic evaluation and cloacagram, followed by primary reconstruction, are performed by a multidisciplinary team outside of the neonatal period. Long-term multidisciplinary follow-up is essential given the increased rates of renal disease, neuropathic bladder, tethered cord syndrome, and stooling issues. Patients and families will also require support through the functional and psychosocial changes in puberty, adolescence, and young adulthood.

Fetal and Newborn Management of Cloacal Malformations