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Newborn With Persistent Cloaca Presenting With Accessory Phallic Urethra and Ambiguous Genitalia

Abstract

Persistent cloaca is a rare urogenital anomaly that can pose significant challenges for adequate diagnosis and management. We describe the case of an infant girl with a cloacal malformation, having a single perineal orifice and an accessory phallic urethra, who presented with ambiguous genitalia at birth. The distal part of the accessory phallic urethra was used to create a mucosa-lined vestibule as a part of the total urogenital sinus …

Authors

Braga LHP; Whelan K; DeMaria J; Pippi-Salle JL

Journal

Urology, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 680–683

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

September 2011

DOI

10.1016/j.urology.2010.12.044

ISSN

0090-4295