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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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Autores principales: Ramdani, Hanae, Benelhosni, Khadija, MoatassimBillah, Nabil, Nassar, Ittimade
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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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
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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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