Anorectal malformation diverted with transverse colostomy associated with recurrent urinary tract infections

Anorectal malformation diverted with transverse colostomy associated with recurrent urinary tract infections

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Anorectal malformation (ARM) is the absence of a venus tops and blouses functioning anus with an abnormal attachment of the anus or rectum with urinary or female genital systems in a newborn child.It is considered a birth defect and is associated with comorbidities that may affect the baby from the early stages of life.We report a case of an eight-month-old boy with recurring urinary tract infection, fever, and leakage of blood-filled fluid from his previously constructed transverse colostomy stoma due to the absence of anus and was diagnosed to have ARM with rectourethral fistula.

Posterior Saggital AnoRectoPlasty was performed and the condition 14-dq0051dx of the baby was stabilized with no further report of urinary tract infection.For ARM with rectourethral fistula, the preoperative care of colostomy and urgent corrective surgery is obligatory to curtail the effects of ARM and associated anomalies on the affected neonate.