PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME

Course overview

PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME IS A RARE CONGENITALLY ACQUIRED DISORDER PRIMARILY CHARACTERIZED BY THE CLINICAL TRIAD OF DEFICIENT ABDOMINAL MUSCULATURE, CRYPTORCHIDISM, AND URINARY TRACT ABNORMALITIES. CHILDREN BORN WITH THIS SYNDROME PRESENT ON A BROAD SPECTRUM, RANGING FROM INCOMPATIBILITY WITH LIFE TO AGING NORMALLY AND HAVING CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING PATIENTS WITH THIS COMPLEX CONDITION.