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Urinary ascites secondary to forniceal rupture in a child with the Prune Belly Syndrome
Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital,
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Address correspondence to Joseph G. Barone, MD, Director,
Division of Pediatric Urology, Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School MEB 588, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place,
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
Canadian Journal of Urology 2003, 10(3), 1910-1911.
Abstract
Prune Belly Syndrome developed urinary ascites secondary to forniceal rupture. Treatment consisted of bilateral cutaneous pyelostomies. Even though most children with Prune Belly Syndrome respond to lower urinary tract drainage, a cutaneous pyelostomy may be necessary when the ureters are tortuous and do not drain adequately following bladder decompression.Keywords
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