Where Is the Vagina? A Rectal Stricture after a Presumed Cloacal Repair Turns Out to be the Mobilized Vagina and a Missed High Rectovaginal Fistula

European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2022 Oct 10;10(1):e145-e147. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1755538. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Abstract

We present a case of a rare complication in a 10-month-old female referred to our institution for an anal stricture after primary cloacal repair as an infant. Multimodal imaging, careful physical exam, and endoscopic evaluation revealed her vagina had been pulled through to the location of her anal sphincter muscle complex. We describe the correction of this problem, including identification of her rectum.

Keywords: anorectal malformation; cloaca; cloacagram; imperforate anus; rectovaginal fistula.

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  • Case Reports