[Persistent multiple urachal complex. Echographic-surgical correlations]. 1992

G L Bergami, and A Inserra, and G Ciprandi, and D Barbuti, and M Di Mario, and C Boglino
Istituto di Ricerca Scientifica, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Roma.

Urachus is a tubular structure lined between foetal bladder and the umbilicus and is susceptible to complete or partial involution after birth. Persistence of the urachus results in a wide spectrum of anomalies: patent urachus, vesicourachal diverticulum, urachal sinus and cysts are more frequently seen than rare multiple urachal remnants. This kind of pathology focuses the problem of differential diagnosis (tumours, omental and ovarian cysts, vesical diverticulum or duplication) and may be complicated by a superinfection. The Authors discuss a bizarre multiple urachal remnant, presenting with urinary tract symptoms, which may be clinically confused with acute appendicitis or Meckel's diverticulitis. Contribution of sonography for a complete diagnosis is stressed, such as the precise correlation with surgical findings.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D014463 Ultrasonography The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz. Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic
D014497 Urachus An embryonic structure originating from the ALLANTOIS. It is a canal connecting the fetal URINARY BLADDER and the UMBILICUS. It is normally converted into a fibrous cord postnatally. When the canal fails to be filled and remains open (patent urachus), urine leaks through the umbilicus.

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