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urorectal

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urorectal
pertaining to or arising from the rectum and the urogenital sinus of the embryo.

urorectal fistula
congenital defect in the urorectal septum resulting in passage of urine through the rectum.
urorectal septal defects
principally urorectal fistula.
urorectal septum
divides the primitive fetal cloaca into dorsal rectum and ventral urogenital sinus.


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Our patient presented with what has been described as partial urorectal septum malformation sequence (URSM), a condition caused by abnormalities of septation of the primitive cloaca.
Presumably, in this case cells capable of differentiating into prostatic tissue would have traveled with the rectum after division from the bladder, later forming a distinct encapsulated prostate gland without ductal connection to the urorectal cavity.
 
 
 
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