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Prune Belly syndrome

Background

Prune Belly syndrome: Eagle Barrett syndrome

Prune Belly syndrome is an extremely rare condition which, in most cases, affects males. It is characterised by a triad of distinctive features including weak or missing abdominal muscles, an abnormal expanded bladder and problems in the upper urinary tract which may include the bladder, ureters and kidneys and, in most males, bilateral cryptorchidism (failure of both testes to descend in the scrotum).

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Medical text written July 2004 by Contact a Family. Approved July 2004 by Mr D Wilcox, Consultant Paediatric Urologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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