Clinical Case Reports (Jun 2024)

Prune belly syndrome: A rare case report

  • Siddinath Gyawali,
  • Balkrishna Gyawali,
  • Bhumika Ghimire,
  • Bibek Shrestha,
  • Pratima Khanal,
  • Geha Raj Dahal,
  • Dinesh Prasad Koirala

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8922
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 6
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Key Clinical Message In babies presenting with an omphalocele, other components of the prune belly syndrome should be scrutinized for early diagnosis and timely intervention. Abstract A male baby on his 13th day of life presented with an omphalocele. On evaluation, he had congenital absence of left kidney and bilateral cryptorchidism. Therefore, he was diagnosed with prune belly syndrome. He responded well to abdminoplasty, and wait and watch policy was applied for his cryptorchidism.

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