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Urachal sinus: An atypical case and review of the literature

Urachal sinus is a rare type of urachal abnormality. It happens because of blind focal dilation at the umbilical end and has increased risk of infection. We report the case of a 23-year-old female with abdominal pain and umbilical discharge. Ultrasound detected a possible infected urachal sinus whic...

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Autores principales: Riaza Montes, María, Antón Eguia, Beatriz Teresa, Gallego Sánchez, José Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9988468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36895469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102359
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author Riaza Montes, María
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Gallego Sánchez, José Antonio
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description Urachal sinus is a rare type of urachal abnormality. It happens because of blind focal dilation at the umbilical end and has increased risk of infection. We report the case of a 23-year-old female with abdominal pain and umbilical discharge. Ultrasound detected a possible infected urachal sinus which was initially treated with antibiotic therapy. Urachal sinus excision and laparoscopic bladder raffia was later performed with no recurrence at present. Diagnosis of this pathology is essential given that surgery is curative and avoids complications such as neoplastic transformation.
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spelling pubmed-99884682023-03-08 Urachal sinus: An atypical case and review of the literature Riaza Montes, María Antón Eguia, Beatriz Teresa Gallego Sánchez, José Antonio Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection Urachal sinus is a rare type of urachal abnormality. It happens because of blind focal dilation at the umbilical end and has increased risk of infection. We report the case of a 23-year-old female with abdominal pain and umbilical discharge. Ultrasound detected a possible infected urachal sinus which was initially treated with antibiotic therapy. Urachal sinus excision and laparoscopic bladder raffia was later performed with no recurrence at present. Diagnosis of this pathology is essential given that surgery is curative and avoids complications such as neoplastic transformation. Elsevier 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9988468/ /pubmed/36895469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102359 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://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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Riaza Montes, María
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Gallego Sánchez, José Antonio
Urachal sinus: An atypical case and review of the literature
title Urachal sinus: An atypical case and review of the literature
title_full Urachal sinus: An atypical case and review of the literature
title_fullStr Urachal sinus: An atypical case and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Urachal sinus: An atypical case and review of the literature
title_short Urachal sinus: An atypical case and review of the literature
title_sort urachal sinus: an atypical case and review of the literature
topic Inflammation and Infection
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9988468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36895469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2023.102359
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