title: A case of prune belly syndrome.
abstract: Prune belly syndrome (PBS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by deficient abdominal wall muscles, urinary tract malformation, and, in males, cryptorchidism. We present a case of PBS in China. The patient was a newborn baby boy who had wrinkled, "prune-like" abdominal skin, bilateral cryptorchidism, and urinary system malformation, complicated with hypoplasia of the lung and branch of the coronary artery-right ventricular fistula. His kidney function was inadequate. The patient subsequently died at age 28 days due to septicemia from a severe urinary tract infection.
authors: Department of Neonatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China.
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Xu
authors: Department of Neonatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: wuhui97@126.com.
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Wu
authors: Department of Ultrasonic Diagnosis, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China.
authors: Dong-Xuan
authors: DX
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Neonatology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, People's Republic of China.
authors: Zhi-Hong
authors: ZH
authors: Mu
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011535:Prune Belly Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography
keywords: abdominal wall musculature deficiency; bilateral cryptorchidism; prune belly syndrome; urinary tract anomalies