Infected urachal cyst in an adult: A case report | Zendy

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Infected urachal cyst in an adult: A case report

Author(s) -

Kheireddine Mrad Daly,

Sami Ben Rhouma,

Selim Zaghbib,

A. Oueslati,

Maroua Gharbi,

Yassine Nouira

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

urology case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2214-4420

DOI - 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100976

Subject(s) - urachus , medicine , acute abdomen , differential diagnosis , abdomen , cyst , radiology , pathology

The urachus is an embryologic remnant which degenerates after the birth. An infected urachal cyst is one of a spectrum of presentations of urachal pathology, all of which are rare in adulthood. Infected urachal cyst is a rare pathology in adult women and it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen. We report here a case of a 50-year-old women with an infected urachal cyst reveled by an acute abdomen.

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