Cloacal Malformations: Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
What is a cloacal malformation? A cloacal malformation is a rare birth defect where an infant assigned female at birth (AFAB) is born with one opening in their perineum instead of three. Your perineum is the skin between your genitals and anus (butthole). A cloacal malformation is a type of anorectal malformation.
Cloacal Anomalies - Boston Children's Hospital
What is a cloacal anomaly? A cloacal anomaly is a rare type of anorectal malformation that occurs while a female fetus is still developing in its mother's womb. The rectum, vagina, and urinary tract are supposed to separate, creating three openings at the surface of the skin.
Cloacal Malformations - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
2023年8月8日 · Cloacal malformations are rare congenital anomalies characterized by a confluence of the gastrointestinal, genital, and urologic systems which exits the perineum through a single orifice.
Cloacal Malformation - Nationwide Children's Hospital
Cloacal malformation, sometimes called persistent cloaca, is found in female children where the rectum, vagina and urethra are fused together, creating a single common channel. In developing fetuses, these openings are joined in a sac known as the cloaca.
Pediatric Cloacal Malformations - Children's National Hospital
Cloacal malformations affect female fetuses causing the rectum, vagina and urinary tract to form a single channel. Symptoms include abdominal swelling, kidney issues and fluid backup into the vagina and uterus.
Cloacal Anomalies - Children's Hospital of Orange County
What are cloacal anomalies? Cloacal anomalies refer to a collection of defects that occur during fetal development in a female’s lower abdominal structures. There are many variations to these defects but the most common involve a merging of the rectum, genital tract (vagina), and urinary tract (urethra) into one exit out of the body.
Cloacal Malformation - Texas Children’s
A cloacal malformation, or cloaca, is a rare condition that occurs in 1 in 25,000 girls. It is a severe form of anorectal malformation in which the rectum, vaginal, and urinary tract do not separate but merge into one channel, called a cloaca.
Cloacal Anomaly - Pediatric Urology Book
2024年2月16日 · The most severe manifestation of anorectal malformation in girls is a cloacal malformation in which the rectum, urethra, and vagina join to form a single confluent channel which opens onto the perineum. Classically, the perineal opening in a cloaca will be anterior on the perineum, at the site where the urethra would normally open.
Cloacal Abnormalities - Urology Care Foundation
What are Cloacal Abnormalities? As a baby develops, three openings normally form for the intestinal, genital and urinary tracts. In early stages of pregnancy, these three openings are together in a sac called "Cloaca."
Cloacal malformation - Great Ormond Street Hospital
Cloacal malformation is a congenital (present at birth) problem treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) that only affects girls. Very early in pregnancy, the rectum, urethra and vagina fail to separate into separate tubes.