Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Care

  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

A Case of Prune Belly Syndrome with Vacterl Association-Case Report and Review of Literature

1Junior Resident, Department of Pediatric, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India

2Professor, Department of Pediatric, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India

*Corresponding author email id: sachindangi31@gmail.com

Online published on 21 May, 2020.

Abstract

Prune belly syndrome is a very rare congenital anomaly of unknown etiology. It is associated with various other congenital abnormalities but its association with VACTERL anomalies is extremely rare. Only eight cases of Prune belly syndrome with VACTERL association have been described in literature. Here we report a case of two days old male new born with Prune belly syndrome having VACTERL association as well.

Keywords

Prune belly syndrome, VACTERL association, Newborn