Catalog
Persistent cloaca
Link to WHO Definition
Persistent cloaca – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2131510660
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.