Unique Presentation of Urachal Cyst Disease: Incidental Finding to Complicated Infection

Urachal remnant disease is uncommon in adults and can present with symptoms ranging from drainage near the umbilicus to a severe abdominal infection. Most cases are referred for treatment once diagnosed either clinically or radiographically with ultrasound or computerized tomography. We present a un...

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Autores principales: Lee, Seong K., Kiffin, Chauniqua, Sanchez, Rafael, Carrillo, Eddy, Rosenthal, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23710411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/874035
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author Lee, Seong K.
Kiffin, Chauniqua
Sanchez, Rafael
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Rosenthal, Andrew
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description Urachal remnant disease is uncommon in adults and can present with symptoms ranging from drainage near the umbilicus to a severe abdominal infection. Most cases are referred for treatment once diagnosed either clinically or radiographically with ultrasound or computerized tomography. We present a unique case of an infected urachal cyst visualized on a series of CT scans in an adult patient with abdominal pain over a period of years.
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spelling pubmed-36555192013-05-24 Unique Presentation of Urachal Cyst Disease: Incidental Finding to Complicated Infection Lee, Seong K. Kiffin, Chauniqua Sanchez, Rafael Carrillo, Eddy Rosenthal, Andrew Case Rep Urol Case Report Urachal remnant disease is uncommon in adults and can present with symptoms ranging from drainage near the umbilicus to a severe abdominal infection. Most cases are referred for treatment once diagnosed either clinically or radiographically with ultrasound or computerized tomography. We present a unique case of an infected urachal cyst visualized on a series of CT scans in an adult patient with abdominal pain over a period of years. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3655519/ /pubmed/23710411 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/874035 Text en Copyright © 2013 Seong K. Lee et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655519/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/874035
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