• A birth defect in which the URINARY BLADDER is malformed and exposed, inside out, and protruded through the ABDOMINAL WALL. It is caused by closure defects involving the top front surface of the bladder, as well as the lower abdominal wall; SKIN; MUSCLES; and the pubic bone.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• A congenital anomaly that involves the protrusion of the exstrophied bladder through the abdominal wall. It is an anomaly that exists along the exstrophy-epispadias complex, which frequently includes urethra exstrophy, separation of the pubic symphysis, external rotation of the pelvic bones, and opening of the puborectal sling and sphincters.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• A congenital genitourinary malformation belonging to the spectrum of the exstrophy-epispadias complex (EEC) and is characterized by an evaginated bladder plate, epispadias and an anterior defect of the pelvis, pelvic floor and abdominal wall.
  OrphaNet
  INSERM, 2021
• Eversion of the posterior bladder wall through the congenitally absent lower anterior abdominal wall and anterior bladder wall.
  Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
  The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
• Bladder exstrophy (EK-stroh-fee) is a rare birth defect in which the bladder develops outside the fetus. The exposed bladder can't store urine or function normally, resulting in urine leakage (incontinence).
  Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
• A congenital genitourinary malformation belonging to the spectrum of the exstrophy-epispadias complex (EEC) and is characterized by an evaginated bladder plate, epispadias and an anterior defect of the pelvis, pelvic floor and abdominal wall.
  NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
  National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences