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Infected Urachal Sinus in an Adult
Urachal anomalies are infrequent in the adult population and may represent a diagnostic challenge. Few cases of urachal sinuses are reported and are usually asymptomatic unless a complication occurs, most likely infectious. Infected urachal sinus' clinical manifestations are a purulent umbilica...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8281809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277280 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15693 |
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author | Ramdani, Hanae Benelhosni, Khadija MoatassimBillah, Nabil Nassar, Ittimade |
author_facet | Ramdani, Hanae Benelhosni, Khadija MoatassimBillah, Nabil Nassar, Ittimade |
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description | Urachal anomalies are infrequent in the adult population and may represent a diagnostic challenge. Few cases of urachal sinuses are reported and are usually asymptomatic unless a complication occurs, most likely infectious. Infected urachal sinus' clinical manifestations are a purulent umbilical discharge, abdominal pain, and a periumbilical mass. We report the case of a late presentation of an infected urachal sinus in a male adult. Clinical and imaging features allowed accurate diagnosis. Antibiotic therapy was followed by the urachal remnant’s surgical excision. The postoperative course was uneventful. Histological examination revealed no signs of malignancy. |
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spelling | pubmed-82818092021-07-16 Infected Urachal Sinus in an Adult Ramdani, Hanae Benelhosni, Khadija MoatassimBillah, Nabil Nassar, Ittimade Cureus Emergency Medicine Urachal anomalies are infrequent in the adult population and may represent a diagnostic challenge. Few cases of urachal sinuses are reported and are usually asymptomatic unless a complication occurs, most likely infectious. Infected urachal sinus' clinical manifestations are a purulent umbilical discharge, abdominal pain, and a periumbilical mass. We report the case of a late presentation of an infected urachal sinus in a male adult. Clinical and imaging features allowed accurate diagnosis. Antibiotic therapy was followed by the urachal remnant’s surgical excision. The postoperative course was uneventful. Histological examination revealed no signs of malignancy. Cureus 2021-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8281809/ /pubmed/34277280 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15693 Text en Copyright © 2021, Ramdani 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. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Ramdani, Hanae Benelhosni, Khadija MoatassimBillah, Nabil Nassar, Ittimade Infected Urachal Sinus in an Adult |
title | Infected Urachal Sinus in an Adult |
title_full | Infected Urachal Sinus in an Adult |
title_fullStr | Infected Urachal Sinus in an Adult |
title_full_unstemmed | Infected Urachal Sinus in an Adult |
title_short | Infected Urachal Sinus in an Adult |
title_sort | infected urachal sinus in an adult |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8281809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277280 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15693 |
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