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CC BY 4.0 · European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2022; 10(01): e145-e147
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755538
Case Report

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

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  • Shimon E. Jacobs 

    1   Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Laura Tiusaba

    1   Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Elizaveta Bokova

    1   Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Tamador Al-Shamaileh

    2   Department of General Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, King Hussain Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan

  • Teresa L. Russell 

    3   Department of Urology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Briony K. Varda

    3   Department of Urology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Christina Feng

    1   Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Andrea T. Badillo

    1   Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Marc A. Levitt

    1   Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction, Children's National Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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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 - rectovaginal fistula - cloacagram - imperforate anus


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Eingereicht: 13. Januar 2022

Angenommen: 10. Juli 2022

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10. Oktober 2022

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