Prune belly syndrome is a rare predominantly male congenital disorder, typically associating aplasia or large hypoplasia of the muscles of the anterior wall of the abdomen, urinary malformations and bilateral cryptorchidism. The etiology is not known. It is associated with other congenital anomalies and whose evolution varies from stillbirth due to major renal and respiratory dysplasia to a practically normal child.
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