‘Lint ball’ omphalitis, a rare cause of umbilical discharge in an adult woman: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Umbilical discharge in adult is rare and is usually induced by foreign material, most commonly hair. Rarely, it may be due to embryonal anomalies. We are reporting an unusual case of umbilical discharge in adult secondary to an impacted lint ball. CASE PRESENTATION: A 55-year-old obese...

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Autores principales: Sarma, Deba P, Teruya, Bryan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830013
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7785
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description INTRODUCTION: Umbilical discharge in adult is rare and is usually induced by foreign material, most commonly hair. Rarely, it may be due to embryonal anomalies. We are reporting an unusual case of umbilical discharge in adult secondary to an impacted lint ball. CASE PRESENTATION: A 55-year-old obese woman presented with a 4-month history of hemorrhagic discharge from the umbilicus. Deep from the base of the umbilicus, a 0.8 cm gray-tan mass was removed that on microscopic examination revealed a lint ball. CONCLUSION: An impacted lint ball may be a rare cause of umbilical discharge in adult.
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spelling pubmed-27402292009-10-14 ‘Lint ball’ omphalitis, a rare cause of umbilical discharge in an adult woman: a case report Sarma, Deba P Teruya, Bryan Cases J Case report INTRODUCTION: Umbilical discharge in adult is rare and is usually induced by foreign material, most commonly hair. Rarely, it may be due to embryonal anomalies. We are reporting an unusual case of umbilical discharge in adult secondary to an impacted lint ball. CASE PRESENTATION: A 55-year-old obese woman presented with a 4-month history of hemorrhagic discharge from the umbilicus. Deep from the base of the umbilicus, a 0.8 cm gray-tan mass was removed that on microscopic examination revealed a lint ball. CONCLUSION: An impacted lint ball may be a rare cause of umbilical discharge in adult. Cases Network Ltd 2009-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2740229/ /pubmed/19830013 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7785 Text en © 2009 Sarma and Teruya; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short ‘Lint ball’ omphalitis, a rare cause of umbilical discharge in an adult woman: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740229/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7785
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