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Unique Presentation of Urachal Cyst Disease: Incidental Finding to Complicated Infection
Author(s) -
Seong K. Lee,
Chauniqua Kiffin,
Rafael Sanchez,
Eddy H. Carrillo,
Andrew Rosenthal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-696X
pISSN - 2090-6978
DOI - 10.1155/2013/874035
Subject(s) - medicine , umbilicus (mollusc) , presentation (obstetrics) , disease , radiology , abdominal pain , cyst , surgery , pathology
Urachal remnant disease is uncommon in adults and can present with symptoms ranging from drainage near the umbilicus to a severe abdominal infection. Most cases are referred for treatment once diagnosed either clinically or radiographically with ultrasound or computerized tomography. We present a unique case of an infected urachal cyst visualized on a series of CT scans in an adult patient with abdominal pain over a period of years.

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