Extrophic lesions of the ventral abdominal wall are represented by a range of anomalies of which the most severe is cloacal extrophy. By 1986, only 190 cases were reported in the world literature and it is estimated that only 15 cases are seen in the United States of America per year. In Nigeria today, with improvement in antenatal and perinatal services, children who one or two decades ago would have been stillborns or products of miscarriages are now born alive. This paper reports a case of cloacal extrophy in a Nigerian neonate and reviews the current management of the condition.
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