Congenital agenesis of pubic bones: a case report

Abstract

Congenital absence of bilateral pubic bones is extremely uncommon. A 2-year-old boy presented with a history of intoeing at our outpatient clinic. The testes were found located at the inguinal canal on ultrasonography. A pelvic radiograph and a spiral computed tomography scan of the pelvis with three-dimensional reconstruction revealed the absence of both pubic bones. In conclusion, we report that the absence of the pubic bones, either as an isolated finding or associated with undescended testes, is peculiar.

Total hip arthroplasty in an adult patient with pelvic dysmorphism, unilateral sacroiliac joint autofusion, and developmental hip dysplasia

“…No operative intervention was reported in these cases. Other examples of unique pelvic dysmorphism reported in the literature include hypoplasia of parts of the pelvic ring, most commonly involving the pubis as with the previously noted case reports [6][7][8]. No common genetic risk factors were noted in these cases.…”

Acro‐spondylo‐pubic dysostosis associated with cataracts, microcephaly, and normal intelligence

“…Cases with phenotypes resembling that of our patient have been previously described. Several patients with unilateral or bilateral absence of the pubic ramus associated with dislocation of the hip [Guilleminot et al, Slullitel, ; Saber, ; Yusuf and Negash, ] or with genitourinary anomalies such as hypospadias and cryptorchidism [Sarban et al, ], cryptorchidism [Yildiz et al, ], and the absence of the uterus [Bashyal et al, ] have been published. The more extensive and wide‐spread anomalies in the present patient are clearly different from the above‐mentioned studies.…”

Congenital agenesis of pubis and bilateral cryptorchidism: A case report

“…Like our study, Yildiz et al showed a rare entity that undescended testes with agenesis of pubic rami. 6 …”