Patent urachus or bladder exstrophy occulta? A case of prenatally disappeared umbilical cord cyst

We are reporting an umbilical cyst detected at early trimester which mimicking bladder exstrophy occulta. A 3-cm umbilical cord cyst and a slight ventrally located urinary bladder beneath the cord insertion site was detected at 14th gestational weeks, which decreased in size and disappeared at 28th...

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Autores principales: Chien, Chih-Wei, Chen, Kuan-Ju, Lai, Jin-Yao, Chao, An-Shine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8329479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34377676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101772
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Sumario:We are reporting an umbilical cyst detected at early trimester which mimicking bladder exstrophy occulta. A 3-cm umbilical cord cyst and a slight ventrally located urinary bladder beneath the cord insertion site was detected at 14th gestational weeks, which decreased in size and disappeared at 28th week. A term female neonate born with a 2-cm defect over the base of the umbilical cord, revealed a patent urachal fistula, and a part of the herniated urinary bladder. Detection of a vanished umbilical cord cyst has to keep aware of, making an immediate definite diagnosis and management of urachal anomaly.

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