To excise or not to excise infected urachal cysts: A case report and review of the literature

Shadwa Hassan; June Koshy; Richard Sidlow; Hadassa Leader; Mark Horowitz

doi:10.1016/j.epsc.2017.05.003

To excise or not to excise infected urachal cysts: A case report and review of the literature

Shadwa Hassan
, June Koshy
, Richard Sidlow
, Hadassa Leader
, Mark Horowitz

School of Medicine

Northwell Health System

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Abstract

Urachal anomalies, and urachal cysts in particular, are common congenital anomalies that can remain asymptomatic throughout a lifetime or rarely cause life threatening illness if infected. We present a case of a complicated infected urachal cyst and review the literature on its work up and management, including the controversial issue of whether surgical management is always necessary for definitive treatment of this entity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-38
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Volume	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2017.05.003
State	Published - 1 Jul 2017

Keywords

Infection
Urachal anomaly
Urachal cyst

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