Ives E J
Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1974;10(4):127-35.
The triad or "prune belly" syndrome comprising deficient abdominal muscles, megaloureters with gegacystis and undescended testes has been considered a fairly rare anomaly. The Canadian Province of Saskatchewan appears to have had an unusually high incidence of this condition and it was hoped that epidemiologic investigation of the ten most recent cases might contribute information about the basic etiology of the syndrome. It is suggested that a previously unreported association with monozygotic twinning, apparent in the presently reported series, along with the well-recognized almost exclusive limitation of the syndrome to males, may provide major clues in further investigations of this condition.
包括腹部肌肉发育不全、巨输尿管伴膀胱扩张和隐睾的三联征或“梅干腹”综合征一直被认为是一种相当罕见的异常情况。加拿大萨斯喀彻温省似乎该病症的发病率异常高，人们希望对最近的10个病例进行流行病学调查可能会提供有关该综合征基本病因的信息。有人提出，在目前报告的病例系列中明显存在的与单卵双生的一种先前未报告的关联，以及该综合征几乎完全局限于男性这一广为人知的情况，可能会为进一步研究这种病症提供主要线索。
