Abstract
Russell-Silver syndrome is characterized by congenital asymmetry; intrauterine growth retardation; short stature; clinodactyly and syndactyly; retarded bone age; craniofacial disproportion with frontal prominence, triangular face, and turned-down curvature of the mouth; normal intelligencel; ureteropelvic stenosis; vesicoureteral reflux; horseshoe kidney 2' 3; and hypospadias, cryptorchidism, and ambiguous genitalia.i, 4 A retrospective review of 38 patients with RSS revealed that 3 of the 25 boys had posterior urethral valves; one of these three also had anterior urethral valves. Urethral valves have not previously been reported in conjunction with RSS. METHODS A retrospective review of the medical histories of persons with RSS who were followed at this institution was carried out. A record was kept of the features of RSS and any anatomic abnormalities of the lower genitourinary tract.
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