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Case Reports
. 2021 Apr-Jun;18(2):97-98.
doi: 10.4103/ajps.AJPS_89_20.

Bladder exstrophy with exstrophic rectal duplication in an infant: An extremely rare case

Levent Duman  1 , Özkan Cesur  1 , Mustafa Çagri Savas  1
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Bladder exstrophy with exstrophic rectal duplication in an infant: An extremely rare case

Levent Duman et al. Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2021 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Exstrophic rectal duplication and its association with bladder exstrophy and anorectal malformation is an extremely rare clinical entity. This is a report of the second case of an exstrophic rectal duplication associated with bladder exstrophy in English literature. However, it is the first case, where all these anomalies were accompanied by an anorectal malformation.

Keywords: Anorectal malformation; bladder exstrophy; infant; rectal duplication.

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Figure 1
Photographs of the patient. (a) The appearance of bladder exstrophy (black arrow), bifid phallus (white arrows) and scrotum (white arrowheads), and two exstrophic rectal duplications (asterisk symbols). (b) The appearance of anorectal malformation with perineal fistula (black arrow). (c) Post-operative photograph
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