Open AccessCovered exstrophy with anorectal malformation and vaginal duplication
Author(s) -
Jitendra Singh,
Jai Kumar Mahajan,
Monika Bawa,
K. L. N. Rao
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.74519
Subject(s) - introitus , medicine , bladder exstrophy , cloacal exstrophy , vagina , epispadias , anatomy , gene duplication , surgery , biology , biochemistry , gene
Covered exstrophy is a rare variant of the exstrophy-epispadias complex. We report a female newborn with covered exstrophy, absent anal opening and duplication of the introitus and the lower vagina. This rare, previously unreported, combination of anomalies highlights the complexity of the embryological events in the caudal area during separation of the hindgut and allantois.