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.
Shimon Eric JacobsLaura TiusabaElizaveta BokovaTamador Al-ShamailehTeresa Lynn RussellBriony K VardaChristina FengAndrea T BadilloMarc A LevittPublished in: European journal of pediatric surgery reports (2022)
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.