Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Shailesh Sharma.
Pyonephrosis is uncommon in adults as well as children and rarely reported in neonates. Candidial pyonephrosis in a neonate has been first reported in 1988 which was associated with iatrogenic perirenal collection [Cohen, HL, Haller, JO. J ultrasound Med 1988; 7(11): 647]. This is the second reported case of neonatal pyonephrosis and the first due to Staphylococcus aureus.
We report a term, small for gestational age neonate having full spectrum of VACTERL association. In addition, the neonate also had triad of signs and symptoms associated with prune belly syndrome. The concurrence of these two syndromes could lie in their common etiology of defect in mesodermal differentiation. Such a combination is extremely rare and is generally incompatible with life.