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For the first time two cases of an unusual congenital malformation are described. Both patients had an isolated defect at the median raphe covered by colonic mucosa extending from a hypospadiac urethral orifice to the anal orifice. After a thorough review of the embryology, the authors designate this anomaly as exstrophy of the urorectal septum.
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Gangopadhyay, A.N., Biswas, S.K. & Khanna, S. Exstrophy of the urorectal septum —report of two cases and embryological review. Pediatr Surg Int 7, 311–313 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00183992
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