All issues > Volume 32(6); 1989

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1989;32(6):845-851. Published online June 30, 1989.

3 Cases of Prune Belly syndrome.

Chong Sung Chung¹, Chong Woo Bae¹, Byung Soo Cho¹, Chang Il Ahn¹, Ju Hie Lee², Moon Ho Yang²

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

Received: November 21, 1988;  Accepted: November 21, 1988.

Abstract

The prune belly syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by laxed, wrinkled abdominal wall, cryptorchidism and urinary tract anomalies. But it has wide spectrum of clinical severity, clinical presentation and other anomalies such as pulmonary and skeletal anomalies. We suggested that we should examine the abdominal wall carefully in order to detect mild form (class III) of prune belly syndrome when we examine the bilateral cryptorchidism. In addition to case report, we present a brief review of the related literatures.

Keywords :Prune belly syndrome