[Infected urachal cyst in an adult - a case report and review of literature]

U Pohlen; G Berger; M Borchert; H J Buhr

doi:10.1055/s-2002-20234

[Infected urachal cyst in an adult - a case report and review of literature]

Zentralbl Chir. 2002 Jan;127(1):56-8. doi: 10.1055/s-2002-20234.

[Article in German]

Authors

U Pohlen¹, G Berger, M Borchert, H J Buhr

Affiliation

¹ Chirurgische Klinik I, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin.

PMID: 11889642
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-20234

Abstract

Infected urachal cysts are a rare clinical manifestation in adults. We present the case of a female patient with an infected urachal cyst, discuss the embryology, clinical presentation, diagnostics and the therapeutic procedure and make a comparison with the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Abscess / embryology
Abdominal Abscess / surgery*
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Reoperation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Urachal Cyst / diagnostic imaging
Urachal Cyst / embryology
Urachal Cyst / surgery*