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A tortuous proximal urethra in urorectal septum malformation sequence?
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2014
Lin Henry J, Lugo Hector, Tran Thu, Tovar Jason P, Corral Julia, Zork Noelia M, Smith Lynne M, French Samuel W, Barajas Luciano
Abstract excerpt
We observed a newborn boy with urorectal septum malformation sequence. Anomalies of the genitalia and rectum were present. He expired on the first day of life, due to severe lung hypoplasia. Autopsy showed a colon that ended in a blind sac, an enlarged bladder with no grossly visible urethra, and dysplastic kidneys. A cone-shaped tissue at the usual site of the bladder outlet contained tortuous and slit-like...
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