Persistent cloaca

Persistent cloaca
Persistent cloaca
Other names	cloacal malformation
	Diagram of a female with persistent cloaca
Specialty	Medical genetics

A persistent cloaca is a symptom of a complex anorectal congenital disorder, in which the rectum, vagina, and urinary tract meet and fuse, creating a cloaca, a single common channel.^[1]

^ Jenkins D, Bitner-Glindzicz M, Thomasson L, et al. (2007), "Mutational analyses of UPIIIA, SHH, EFNB2 and HNF1β in persistent cloaca and associated kidney malformations", J Pediatr Urol, 3 (1): 2–9, doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2006.03.002, PMC 1864944, PMID 17476318.