Erschienen in:
01.03.2012 | Case Report
The prune belly syndrome: report of a rare case and review of literature
verfasst von:
Kristoff Verdonck, Gregory Van Eeckhout, Veerle De Boe, Paul Wylock
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Ausgabe 3/2012
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Excerpt
The prune belly syndrome (PBS) is a rare birth disorder characterized by three major findings: a variable aplasia of the abdominal wall, urinary tract malformations, and cryptorchidism [
1‐
3]. The syndrome was first described by Frölich in 1839 [
1], but it was not until 1901 that the condition was named by Ösler [
2]. The syndrome got its descriptive name due to the wrinkled abdominal skin (the intestinal pattern is evident through the thin, lax abdominal wall) that resembles a dried prune. Synonyms are the Eagle–Barrett syndrome, the Obrinsky syndrome, and the triad syndrome [
4‐
6]. …