Adult urachal cyst
Serrano Ysern, A.; Pérez, L.M.; Acosta, J.A.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 98(2): 130-133
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 19606802 Document Number: 702300
Urachal Cyst pathologies comprise lesions that arise at the medial infraumblical line which is rarely seen in an adult. It has interesting and varied forms of clinical presentations which represent a diagnostic challenge for the clinician. Persistency of the Urachus is due to failure of the normal obliteration process which occurs embriologically during the 4th gestational month. This gives way to a lesion that should be taken into account while considering the differential diagnoses of the cystic pathologies of the region. We present the case of an adult woman with a Urachal Cyst, which was surgically excised at the Hospital Interamericano de Medicina Avanzada in Caguas, Puerto Rico, followed by a brief literature review.
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