title: Congenital agenesis of pubis and bilateral cryptorchidism: A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Agenesis of the pubic bone, as evidenced in the world literature, is a very rare clinical and congenital abnormality. Several disorders may occur with hypoplasia of the pubis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here, we report a rare longer follow-up case of the congenital unilateral agenesis of the superior ramus of pubic bone with bilateral undescended testes, osteoporosis, cranial malformations, acetabular dysplasia, unilateral shortening of the lower extremity and an abnormal gait pattern.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Somatic mutations may responsible for developmental abnormalities of the mesoderm from which the pubic bones and urogenital structures develop.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An isolated x-ray finding of ramus pubis agenesis may associate with cryptorchidism or several other urogenital malformations.
authors.affiliation: Bahcelievler State Hospital, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Kocasinan Merkez Mahallesi Karadeniz Caddesi No: 48, Bahçelievler, Istabul, Turkey. Electronic address: yavuz_saglam@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saglam
authors.affiliation: Bahcelievler State Hospital, Urology Department, Kocasinan Merkez Mahallesi Karadeniz Caddesi No: 48, Bahçelievler, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: mrt_drs@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.affiliation: Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Acıbadem Maslak Hastanesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Klinigi, 34155 Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: gdkmen@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Goksel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dikmen
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Istanbul Tip Fakultesi, Millet Caddesi, 34108 Capa, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: sboragoksan@istanbul.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Suleyman Bora
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Goksan
keywords: Acetabular dysplasia; Cryptorchidism; Pubis agenesis; Undescended testes