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Abnormal pubic bone morphology

MedGen UID:
867373
•Concept ID:
C4021738
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonyms: Abnormality of the pubic bone; Abnormality of the pubic bones; Abnormality of the pubis
 
HPO: HP:0003172

Definition

An anomaly of the the pubic bone, i.e., of the ventral and anterior of the three principal components (pubis, ilium, ischium) of the hip bone. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of anorchia with oral testosterone undecanoate: pharmacodynamics and clinical effectiveness.
Weil J, Bidlingmaier F, Butenandt O, Sippell WG, Baumgartner W, Knorr D
Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1980 Oct;95(2):244-50. doi: 10.1530/acta.0.0950244. PMID: 6776754

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Low Pressure is Necessary to View and to Protect Corona Mortis During Totally Extraperitoneal Hernia Repair.
Kinaci E, Ates M, Dirican A, Ozgor D
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 2016 Dec;26(12):978-984. Epub 2016 Sep 9 doi: 10.1089/lap.2016.0080. PMID: 27611721
A South Indian cadaveric study on obturator neurovascular bundle with a special emphasis on high prevalence of 'venous corona mortis'.
Nayak SB, Deepthinath R, Prasad AM, Shetty SD, Aithal AP
Injury 2016 Jul;47(7):1452-5. Epub 2016 Apr 23 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.04.032. PMID: 27156835
There's a hole in my symphysis -- a review of disorders causing widening, erosion, and destruction of the symphysis pubis.
Budak MJ, Oliver TB
Clin Radiol 2013 Feb;68(2):173-80. Epub 2012 Jun 30 doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.03.021. PMID: 22748520
Spondylo-mega-epiphyseal dysplasia with prominent upper limb mesomelia, punctate calcifications, and deafness.
Agarwal VK, Lachman RS, Rimoin DL, Wilcox WR
Am J Med Genet A 2005 Jul 30;136(3):233-41. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30805. PMID: 15954110
The non-ossified pubis.
Cortina H, Vallcanera A, Andres V, Gracia A, Aparici R, Mari A
Pediatr Radiol 1979 Apr 19;8(2):87-92. doi: 10.1007/BF00973997. PMID: 221875

Diagnosis

Hemophagocytic relapsed intramedullary plasmacytoma.
Mouhieddine TH, Barlogie B, Teruya-Feldstein J
Int J Hematol 2020 Jun;111(6):888-890. Epub 2020 Jan 3 doi: 10.1007/s12185-019-02817-5. PMID: 31900879
Congenital prepubic sinus with dorsal penile curvature: a case report and literature review.
Wang C, Ma X
BMC Pediatr 2019 Oct 22;19(1):367. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1768-0. PMID: 31640609Free PMC Article
Acro-spondylo-pubic dysostosis associated with cataracts, microcephaly, and normal intelligence.
Chacon-Camacho OF, Villegas-Ruiz V, Buentello-Volante B, Piña-Aguilar RE, Peláez-González H, Ramírez M, González-Rodríguez J, Zenteno JC
Am J Med Genet A 2015 Feb;167A(2):282-6. Epub 2014 Nov 26 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36851. PMID: 25427842
There's a hole in my symphysis -- a review of disorders causing widening, erosion, and destruction of the symphysis pubis.
Budak MJ, Oliver TB
Clin Radiol 2013 Feb;68(2):173-80. Epub 2012 Jun 30 doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.03.021. PMID: 22748520
Pubic ramus radiolucencies in infants: the good, the bad, and the indeterminate.
Perez-Rossello JM, Connolly SA, Newton AW, Thomason M, Jenny C, Sugar NF, Kleinman PK
AJR Am J Roentgenol 2008 Jun;190(6):1481-6. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.3251. PMID: 18492895

Therapy

Hemophagocytic relapsed intramedullary plasmacytoma.
Mouhieddine TH, Barlogie B, Teruya-Feldstein J
Int J Hematol 2020 Jun;111(6):888-890. Epub 2020 Jan 3 doi: 10.1007/s12185-019-02817-5. PMID: 31900879
Management of cavernous abdominal wall defects post radical cystectomy in adult exstrophy complex.
Kumar P, Nayyar R, Seth A, Gupta D
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Jan 14;12(1) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226076. PMID: 30642850Free PMC Article
Wire in the hole: a case series of eroded intrapubic wire sutures causing genitourinary complications in the bladder exstrophy complex.
Ko JS, Gupta AD, Di Carlo HN, Lue K, Gearhart JP
Can J Urol 2016 Oct;23(5):8476-8479. PMID: 27705734
Distraction osteogenesis (callotasis) for pelvic closure in bladder exstrophy.
Kandemir U, Yazici M, Tokgozoglu AM, Alanay A
Clin Orthop Relat Res 2004 Jan;(418):231-6. doi: 10.1097/00003086-200401000-00040. PMID: 15043123
Why luteinizing-hormone-releasing-hormone nasal spray will not replace orchiopexy in the treatment of boys with undescended testes.
Hazebroek FW, de Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM, van Maarschalkerweerd M, Visser HK, Molenaar JC
J Pediatr Surg 1987 Dec;22(12):1177-82. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(87)80732-7. PMID: 3326926

Prognosis

Priapism in children: treatment with embolotherapy.
Towbin R, Hurh P, Baskin K, Cahill AM, Carr M, Canning D, Snyder H, Kaye R
Pediatr Radiol 2007 May;37(5):483-7. Epub 2007 Mar 20 doi: 10.1007/s00247-007-0441-1. PMID: 17415602
Spondylo-mega-epiphyseal dysplasia with prominent upper limb mesomelia, punctate calcifications, and deafness.
Agarwal VK, Lachman RS, Rimoin DL, Wilcox WR
Am J Med Genet A 2005 Jul 30;136(3):233-41. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30805. PMID: 15954110
A case of Turner syndrome with the karyotype of 45,X/46,X,i(Xq) associated with acute monocytic leukemia.
Otokida K, Ohira K, Ishikawa M, Arakawa N, Yoshida A, Kamimura A, Kou E, Kato M
Tohoku J Exp Med 1990 May;161(1):19-24. doi: 10.1620/tjem.161.19. PMID: 2396252
Why luteinizing-hormone-releasing-hormone nasal spray will not replace orchiopexy in the treatment of boys with undescended testes.
Hazebroek FW, de Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM, van Maarschalkerweerd M, Visser HK, Molenaar JC
J Pediatr Surg 1987 Dec;22(12):1177-82. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(87)80732-7. PMID: 3326926
Epidermoid cyst of anterior commissure of labia majora and separated pubic bones.
Zivković SM
Urology 1981 May;17(5):467-8. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(81)90193-x. PMID: 7233663

Clinical prediction guides

A long-term outcome (up to 29 years) of bilateral iliac wings "bayonet osteotomies" for closure of bladder exstrophy.
Wongcharoenwatana J, Adulkasem N, Ariyawatkul T, Eamsobhana P, Chotigavanichaya C, Chotivichit A
J Orthop Surg Res 2023 May 2;18(1):329. doi: 10.1186/s13018-023-03810-9. PMID: 37131198Free PMC Article
Retropubic balloon vaginoplasty for management of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome.
El Saman AM
Fertil Steril 2010 Apr;93(6):2016-9. Epub 2009 Feb 6 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.046. PMID: 19200986
Accessory scrotum with multiple skeletal abnormalities.
Kendirci M, Horasanli K, Miroglu C
Int J Urol 2006 May;13(5):648-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01362.x. PMID: 16771748
Why luteinizing-hormone-releasing-hormone nasal spray will not replace orchiopexy in the treatment of boys with undescended testes.
Hazebroek FW, de Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM, van Maarschalkerweerd M, Visser HK, Molenaar JC
J Pediatr Surg 1987 Dec;22(12):1177-82. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(87)80732-7. PMID: 3326926
The non-ossified pubis.
Cortina H, Vallcanera A, Andres V, Gracia A, Aparici R, Mari A
Pediatr Radiol 1979 Apr 19;8(2):87-92. doi: 10.1007/BF00973997. PMID: 221875

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