Laparoscopic Excision of a Symptomatic Urachal Cyst (UC) in an Adult

Urachal cysts (UCs) are rare congenital anomalies, especially in adults. They often mimic a variety of intra-abdominal pathologies, making the diagnosis difficult. Laparotomy and excision of the cyst along with the umbilicus has been the traditional technique. A 33-year-old female presented with pai...

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Autores principales: Mathew, Emil J, Kunnel, Sandra S, Devi, Maya, Zachariah, Sanoop K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10363289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37489200
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40846
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author Mathew, Emil J
Kunnel, Sandra S
Devi, Maya
Zachariah, Sanoop K
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description Urachal cysts (UCs) are rare congenital anomalies, especially in adults. They often mimic a variety of intra-abdominal pathologies, making the diagnosis difficult. Laparotomy and excision of the cyst along with the umbilicus has been the traditional technique. A 33-year-old female presented with painful umbilical swelling. A CT scan was suggestive of a UC. We performed an umbilicus-preserving laparoscopic excision of the cyst. We describe this rare case and review literature related to the surgical treatment of UCs.
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spelling pubmed-103632892023-07-24 Laparoscopic Excision of a Symptomatic Urachal Cyst (UC) in an Adult Mathew, Emil J Kunnel, Sandra S Devi, Maya Zachariah, Sanoop K Cureus Radiology Urachal cysts (UCs) are rare congenital anomalies, especially in adults. They often mimic a variety of intra-abdominal pathologies, making the diagnosis difficult. Laparotomy and excision of the cyst along with the umbilicus has been the traditional technique. A 33-year-old female presented with painful umbilical swelling. A CT scan was suggestive of a UC. We performed an umbilicus-preserving laparoscopic excision of the cyst. We describe this rare case and review literature related to the surgical treatment of UCs. Cureus 2023-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10363289/ /pubmed/37489200 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40846 Text en Copyright © 2023, Mathew et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Laparoscopic Excision of a Symptomatic Urachal Cyst (UC) in an Adult
title_fullStr Laparoscopic Excision of a Symptomatic Urachal Cyst (UC) in an Adult
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title_short Laparoscopic Excision of a Symptomatic Urachal Cyst (UC) in an Adult
title_sort laparoscopic excision of a symptomatic urachal cyst (uc) in an adult
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10363289/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40846
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