Persistent cloaca

Description

A congenital anomaly in which the intestinal, urinary, and reproductive ducts open into a common cavity, a result of the failure of the urorectal septum to form during prenatal development. They occur exclusively in girls and comprise the most complex defect in the spectrum of anorectal malformations.

Index terms

Persistent cloaca
Cloaca NOS
anal and urogenital canal fusion

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anal fusion

Exclusions from above levels

http://id.who.int/icd/entity/733825440 – Inborn errors of metabolism

Sibling codes

LB17.0 – Anorectal malformations
LB17.1 – Ectopic anus
LB17.3 – Cloacal exstrophy
LB17.4 – Perineal groove
LB17.Y – Other specified structural developmental anomalies of anal canal
LB17.Z – Structural developmental anomalies of anal canal, unspecified

Foundation entity

Persistent cloaca – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2131510660

Part of: LB17: Structural developmental anomalies of anal canal › 20: Developmental anomalies