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A combination of defects comprising OMPHALOCELE, exstrophy of the cloaca, ANUS IMPERFORATE, and spinal defects. This rare complex is thought to represent the most severe end of a spectrum of birth defects, the exstrophy-epispadias sequence, which, in order of increasing severity, includes phallic separation with EPISPADIAS, pubic diastasis, EXSTROPHY OF THE BLADDER, and CLOACAL EXSTROPHY. (From OMIM 258040)
Entry Term(s)
Omphalocele Exstrophy Imperforate Anus
Omphalocele Exstrophy Imperforate Anus Spinal Defects Complex
Omphalocele, Exstrophy Of The Bladder, Imperforate Anus, Spinal Abnormalities
Omphalocele, Exstrophy Of The Cloaca, Imperforate Anus, and Spinal Defects
A combination of defects comprising OMPHALOCELE, exstrophy of the cloaca, ANUS IMPERFORATE, and spinal defects. This rare complex is thought to represent the most severe end of a spectrum of birth defects, the exstrophy-epispadias sequence, which, in order of increasing severity, includes phallic separation with EPISPADIAS, pubic diastasis, EXSTROPHY OF THE BLADDER, and CLOACAL EXSTROPHY. (From OMIM 258040)