Data from animal models, historical cohorts, and modern epidemiologic studies have suggested that maternal characteristics can affect reproductive health of offspring; however, distinguishing between prenatal and postnatal contributions is difficult. Anogenital distance (AGD), the distance from the anus to the genitals, is believed to be a biomarker of prenatal androgen exposure in many species...

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...

AbstractBackground Anteriorly displaced anus (ADA) is defined as anterior displacement of the toward perineum. Early radiologic characterization a crucial step in guiding first-line management. Objective The objective this study was to assess urethra-to-anus distance (UAD) on perineal ultrasound female infants under age 3 months with anteriorly and retrospectively det...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to describe the sonographic appearance of the fetal anus and its usefulness in diagnosis of anal atresia. METHODS An anomaly scan was performed in 13,150 patients over 8 years. Gestational ages ranged from 16 to 38 weeks. A tangential scan of the fetal perineum was performed. The anus was seen as a hypoechoic ring representing the wall of the anal cana...

Local examination.?A bliud external fistula with thick hard margins on the left side of the anus was seen. There were a few black granules at the bottom of_ the fistula. Per rectum, a hard irregular mass chiefly occupying the posterior wall of the rectum and anus could be felt. It was continuous with the hard mass forming the fistula outside the anus. The growth was partly movable from side to ...

The fate of the blastopore during development in the bilaterian ancestor is currently not well understood. In deuterostomes, the blastopore forms the anus, but its fate in protostome groups is variable. This variability, combined with an absence of information from key taxa, hampers the reconstruction of the ancestral developmental mode of the Protostomia and the Bilateria. The blastopore fate ...

An 8-month-old female thoroughbred foal was presented showing signs of colic. The foal was anxious,exhibiting signs of abdominal pain and distention. The foal had tachycardia (120 beats/min), tachypnea (40breaths/min). Blood samples obtained for haematologic and serum biochemistry analysis that showed a PCVof 30% and a TPP of 70 g/L. The peritoneal fluid analysis revealed a clear fluid with mil...

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. S...