Rare and Incidental Finding of an Uninfected Urachal Cyst in an Adult Female [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsUrachal cysts are rare congenital anomalies, often asymptomatic and incidentally diagnosed, caused by abnormal persistence or incomplete obliteration of the urachus.
Eisha Javed +4 more
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Acute peritonitis caused by a ruptured urachal cyst accompanied by omphalitis in an adult: a case report and literature review [PDF]
Journal of Minimally Invasive SurgeryOmphalitis is an infection of the umbilicus that can cause inflammation to spread. Omphalitis is rare in adults; however, it can occasionally occur owing to urachal remnants.
Myeong Gon Cho +3 more
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The primary considerations and image guided diagnosis of an infected urachal cyst in a pediatric patient [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2019 Urachal cyst is a rare condition that is typically asymptomatic and will often have symptomatology that is misdiagnosed or missed. A urachal cyst occurs in 1 out of 5000 live-births, but is only clinically relevant in 1 out of 150,000 of the population ...
Daniel Novick, MD +2 more
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An Unusual Case of Urachal Cyst Misdiagnosed as a Paraovarian Cyst: Ultrasound Assessment and Differential Diagnosis [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2022 The urachus is an embryologic remnant of the cloaca that usually degenerates after birth, resulting from the obliteration of the allantois, whose role is to connect the bladder to the umbilicus.
Ciprian Ilea +4 more
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Urachal cyst with xanthogranulomatous cystitis: A rare case report
Urology Annals, 2018 An urachal cyst is a sinus remaining from the allantois during embryogenesis which is rarely manifested in adults. The urachus is an embryologic remnant which degenerates after the birth.
Aakash Singh +5 more
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Urachal Cyst Diagnosed by Point-of-care Ultrasound [PDF]
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2017 Irreducible umbilical swelling in infants is considered a surgical emergency because a delay in surgical intervention for an incarcerated umbilical hernia can lead to bowel ischemia and necrosis.
Vigil James +2 more
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Robotic excision of a calcified urachal cyst: A video case report
Urology Video Journal, 2021 Background: Urachal cysts are an uncommon congenital abnormality that result from the incomplete obliteration of the urachus [1]. Typical presentation is in childhood, and previous pediatric autopsy studies have shown an incidence to be 1 in 5000 cases ...
Connor P. Lough +2 more
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Infected urchus cyst in a teenage girl
Urology Case Reports, 2022 We report the case of a 16-year-old girl who complained of stomach discomfort. She's been on medical therapy for roughly 6 months after being diagnosed with Crohn's disease.
Parisa Rahmani +3 more
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Uncommon Encounter in Urachus: A Rare Case of Xanthogranulomatous Urachitis With Review of Literature. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Urachus is a fibrous remnant from embryologic development derived from the allantois, which is involved in waste elimination in the fetus. Typically, it extends from the dome of the bladder to the umbilicus. Xanthogranulomatous urachitis, or xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the urachus, is a highly unusual pathological entity characterized ...
Raja Iyub MJ +7 more
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Urachal mucinous cystadenoma in infant: First case report in infant and review of literature
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 Introduction: As only ten cases have been described in current literature, urachal mucinous cystadenoma seems rare. All studied cases concerned adults or adolescents; this paper reports the first infant presenting urachal mucinous cystadenoma.
Barbara Bogaert +5 more
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