Open AccessPartial prune belly syndrome: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Aditya Singh,
Vaibhav Mathur,
Ramesh Tanger,
Arun Kumar Gupta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_280_16
Subject(s) - prune belly syndrome , etiology , medicine , abdomen , presentation (obstetrics) , urinary system , gastrointestinal tract , abdominal wall , anatomy , surgery
Prune belly syndrome (PBS) is characterized by deficient development of abdominal muscles that causes the skin of the abdomen to wrinkle like a prune, bilateral cryptorchidism, abnormalities of the urinary tract. The etiology of PBS is unclear and possible familial genetic inheritance was reported in some of the studies. We are presenting here a case with the absence of the muscle in the right side of the abdomen as hernia, thinning of the muscle on left side with bilateral cryptorchidism, and abnormalities of the urinary tract. It is the partial presentation of the PBS