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CC BY 4.0 · European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2020; 08(01): e45-e47
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713136
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Clinical Quiz: Reconstructive Strategies in a 5-Month-Old Infant with a Cloaca

Victoria A. Lane
1   Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Marc A. Levitt
2   Department of Surgery, Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Children's National Hospital, District of Columbia, Washington, United States
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16 March 2020

15 April 2020

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12 July 2020 (online)

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Abstract

Herein we present a case of 5-month-old female born with a cloaca. She underwent a colostomy at birth and then underwent endoscopy and cloacagram to plan for the definitive reconstruction. The case is presented with a focus on the reconstructive strategies, and questions for the readers are posed in a quiz format.

Keywords

cloaca - cloacagram - anorectal malformation
 

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