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Mucous Metaplasia and Rupture of Urachal Cyst as a Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen
Author(s) -
NAIR K. P. N.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1987.tb04625.x
Subject(s) - medicine , acute abdomen , abdomen , cyst , metaplasia , pathology , radiology
Developmental anomalies related to non‐obliteration of the fetal allantoid canal are rare. The case reported here was due to glandular metaplasia in a urachal cyst which ruptured, delivering mucinous material intraperitoneally, and was treated successfully.