Cloacal Exstrophy

3-Year-Old Female Patient with Total Urinary Incontinence and Unusual Cloacal Variant (Hendren Patient Case)

  • 3-year-old female patient referred for total urinary incontinence in March 1980, with an unusual cloacal variant
  • At birth, exploration showed a short colon attached to the dome of a small bladder by its cecum with two appendices, the usual situation in cloacal exstrophy
  • That was divided and exteriorized
  • An ileostomy was also performed