introduction: combination of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (cdh) and anorectal malformation (arm) is rare. in this report, we describe a combination of imperforate anus and cdh in one of twins who conceived by assisted reproductive technology (art). case report: a female preterm newborn at 27 weeks of gestation was referred to our neonatal intensive care unit due to respiratory distress. she ...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to critically appraise and compare the diagnostic performance of imaging modalities that are used for the diagnosis of upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract obstruction in neonates and infants. METHODS A focused clinical question was constructed and the literature was searched using the patient, intervention, comparison, outcome met...

Background : Terminal myelocystocele is a rare type of skin-covered lumbosacral mass, which often associated with the OEIS complex, combination Omphalocele, cloacal Exstrophy, Imperforate anus, and Spinal cord abnormalities. Due to its rarity, long-term outcome postoperative course are poorly understood.

In 68 patients with anorectal malformations cardiovascular anomalies (CVA) were seen in 15 and genitourinary (GU) anomalies in 30. CVA were more frequent (33%) whenever there was a GU anomaly. Ventricular septal defect was the most frequent lesion. All but 1 CVA occurred with type III anorectal malformation. The complexity of the cardiac lesion did not parallel that of the GU anomaly.

On the 23rd January, 1923, while I was in charge of the Local Fund Dispensary at Sorah, a female child aged 6 months, was brought to me with a history that the child had no anus at all from birth and that small quantities of liquid fsecal matter occasionally escaped from the vagina. Since the child was not in any way inconvenienced, the parents did not mind this abnormality. During the last for...