Case Report

Association of Prune belly syndrome and horse shoe kidney (case report)

  • Ayhan Özcan
  • Armağan Günal
  • Melih Alömeroğlu
  • S. Temel Ceyhan
  • Yusuf Tunca
  • İskender Başer

Received Date: 21.02.2007 Accepted Date: 10.01.2008 Gulhane Med J 2008;50(4):276-278

A male fetus with a gestational age of 15 weeks with abdominal muscular and umbilical cord vessel anomalies in addition to urinary system anomalies is presented in this article. The association of Prune belly syndrome characterized with urinary system anomalies and abdominal muscular hypoplasia/agenesis with multicystic renal dysplasia is well known. This case is presented because the association of horse shoe kidney with this syndrome has not been reported before.

Keywords: Horse shoe kidney, Prune belly syndrome