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- Title
Infection of Previously Closed Urachus Mimicking Malignancy: A Case Report and Literature Review of Radiological Findings to the Diagnosis.
- Authors
Lam, Siu W; Linsen, Philip VM; Elgersma, Otto E
- Abstract
The urachus is a vestigial structure of the allantois and cloaca. It involutes as fetal development progresses to become a fibrous cord, which courses between the umbilicus and bladder dome within the retropubic space. Infection occasionally occurs in patients with congenital patent urachus. Here, we report a patient with infection of a previously closed urachal tract presenting as an abdominal mass. This has rarely been described in the literature. Current knowledge on imaging findings to the diagnosis is discussed.
- Subjects
ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL radiography; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; FETAL membranes; SURGICAL complications; SURGICAL site infections
- Publication
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2019, Vol 12, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1179-5476
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1179547619843836