Infected urachal cyst in an adult: A case report

The urachus is an embryologic remnant which degenerates after the birth. An infected urachal cyst is one of a spectrum of presentations of urachal pathology, all of which are rare in adulthood. Infected urachal cyst is a rare pathology in adult women and it should be considered in the differential d...

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Autores principales: Mrad Daly, Kheireddine, Ben Rhouma, Sami, Zaghbib, Selim, Oueslati, Amine, Gharbi, Maroua, Nouira, Yassine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Inflammation and Infection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6661533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100976
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author Mrad Daly, Kheireddine
Ben Rhouma, Sami
Zaghbib, Selim
Oueslati, Amine
Gharbi, Maroua
Nouira, Yassine
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description The urachus is an embryologic remnant which degenerates after the birth. An infected urachal cyst is one of a spectrum of presentations of urachal pathology, all of which are rare in adulthood. Infected urachal cyst is a rare pathology in adult women and it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen. We report here a case of a 50-year-old women with an infected urachal cyst reveled by an acute abdomen.
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spelling pubmed-66615332019-08-02 Infected urachal cyst in an adult: A case report Mrad Daly, Kheireddine Ben Rhouma, Sami Zaghbib, Selim Oueslati, Amine Gharbi, Maroua Nouira, Yassine Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection The urachus is an embryologic remnant which degenerates after the birth. An infected urachal cyst is one of a spectrum of presentations of urachal pathology, all of which are rare in adulthood. Infected urachal cyst is a rare pathology in adult women and it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen. We report here a case of a 50-year-old women with an infected urachal cyst reveled by an acute abdomen. Elsevier 2019-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6661533/ /pubmed/31380223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100976 Text en © 2019 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Mrad Daly, Kheireddine
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Infected urachal cyst in an adult: A case report
title Infected urachal cyst in an adult: A case report
title_full Infected urachal cyst in an adult: A case report
title_fullStr Infected urachal cyst in an adult: A case report
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title_short Infected urachal cyst in an adult: A case report
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topic Inflammation and Infection
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6661533/
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