Journal article
Cloacal exstrophy with extensive Chiari II malformation: case report and review of the literature
Child's nervous system, Vol.30(2), pp.337-343
02/2014
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-013-2195-4
PMID: 23760474
Abstract
Cloacal exstrophy is a rare condition characterized by a defect in the abdominal wall with extrusion of malformed abdominal contents. The normal separation of the genitourinary and gastrointestinal systems does not occur. While patients with cloacal exstrophy have a high incidence of spinal defects, cranial defects are rare. Chiari malformation has been rarely reported in children with cloacal exstrophy, although the embryogenesis is unknown.
In this report, the authors describe a child with cloacal exstrophy and a large myelocystocele. The child also had an extensive Chiari II malformation.
We review the relevant embryology and suggest a possible mechanism for Chiari formation in this patient.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cloacal exstrophy with extensive Chiari II malformation: case report and review of the literature
- Creators
- Obed M Nyarenchi - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USAAndrea SchererSaul WilsonDaniel H Fulkerson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child's nervous system, Vol.30(2), pp.337-343
- Publisher
- Germany
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00381-013-2195-4
- PMID
- 23760474
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
- eISSN
- 1433-0350
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2014
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984040349202771
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