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Hindi Case Report
The Erroneous Diagnosis of Prune Belly Syndrome in a Case of Posterior Urethral Valve
| Hong R*, Whalen M, Casale P and Ruzal-Shapiro C | |
| Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of New York, New York Presbyterian–Columbia 3959 Broadway, New York, NY, USA | |
| Corresponding Author : | Richard Hong Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of New York New York Presbyterian–Columbia 3959 Broadway, New York, NY, USA Tel: (212) 305–9665 E-mail: reh27@columbia.edu |
| Received March 08, 2013; Accepted June 25, 2013; Published June 28, 2013 | |
| Citation: Hong R, Whalen M, Casale P, Ruzal-Shapiro C (2013) The Erroneous Diagnosis of Prune Belly Syndrome in a Case of Posterior Urethral Valve. OMICS J Radiology 2:132 doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000132 | |
| Copyright: © 2013 Hong R, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
We report a diagnostically challenging case of a full term baby boy with a prenatal diagnosis of a posterior urethral valve. While postnatal imaging was felt to be more consistent with Prune Belly Syndrome, cystoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of the valve. A review of the literature has shown an interesting similarity in imaging and physical exam findings and perhaps an explanation for the misdiagnosis.
