Disease relevance of PRUNE

• Among the detected anomalies there were 30 hydronephrotic fetuses, 12 with multicystic disease, 15 with Potter's syndrome, 10 with polycystic kidney, 9 with Prune Belly syndrome, 4 with isolated renal cysts and 1 with an ovarian cyst [1].
• Urinary ascites secondary to forniceal rupture in a child with the Prune Belly Syndrome [2].
• It is suggested that detrusor-bladder-neck-dyssynergia is the primary cause of the imbalanced micturition and its consequences (bladder distention, reflux, urinary tract infection, hydronephrosis, pyelonephritis) in patients with Prune Belly Syndrome [3].
• Urodynamic studies were carried out in a 14-year-old boy with Prune Belly Syndrome and terminal renal failure prior and after successful renal transplantation [3].

High impact information on PRUNE

• BACKGROUND: Prune belly syndrome is a rare and complicated condition affecting the genitourinary organs and abdominal wall [4].
• Despite adequate bladder catheterization, a neonate with Prune Belly Syndrome developed urinary ascites secondary to forniceal rupture [2].
• Even though most children with Prune Belly Syndrome respond to lower urinary tract drainage, a cutaneous pyelostomy may be necessary when the ureters are tortuous and do not drain adequately following bladder decompression [2].
• Special imaging casebook. Prune-belly syndrome with urachal diverticular calcification, posterior urethral valves, and patent utricle [5].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of PRUNE

• Surgical correction and rehabilitation for children with "Prune-belly" syndrome [6].
• The authors discuss a case of "Prune-belly syndrome" which could be diagnosed prenatally thanks to echography; they stress the importance of echographic controls since the first gestational weeks to better recognize pathological findings, and describe their attempts to drain the megavesica [7].

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