title: Prune belly syndrome with pouch colon and absent dermatome.
abstract: Prune belly syndrome (PBS) is a rare congenital constellation of defects in pediatric surgical practice. Although anorectal anomalies have been reported in association with PBS, only few case of pouch colon with PBS has been reported. [1] In addition, our patient had deficient abdominal wall with absent dermatome in left upper quadrant, which has never been reported in the English literature. This association with abdominal wall deficiency and absent dermatome not only strengthens the theory of mesodermal arrest in the etiology of PBS but also points towards a defect in the ectodermal development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, SKIMS, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Aejaz A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Syed A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Altaf H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Shera
authors.forename: Rekha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Patnaik
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000002:abnormalities; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D003125:Colostomy; D003559:Cystostomy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011535:Prune Belly Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000601:surgery