Clinical Analysis of Urachal Anomalies
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
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: 214-217, 2006.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Although relatively rare, urachal remnants manifest as a large number of diverse disorders, which can lead to a high misdiagnosis rate. Because of the many clini-cal pre-sentations, there are no uniform guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of urachal remnants. We report our experi-ence with urachal anomalies in an attempt to establish an optimal diagnostic and treatment modality.METHODS:
Fifteen patients (6 males and 9 females), who had undergone surgery for urachal anomalies from December 1988 to July 2004, were analyzed retrospectively.RESULTS:
The patients' age ranged from 1 day to 71 years old. The 3 variants of urachal anomalies included a patent urachus in 1 patients (7%), urachal sinus in 5 (33%), and an urachal cyst in 9 (60%). The presenting complaint was a low abdominal mass in 6 patients, abdominal pain in 5, periumbilical discharge in 3, fever in 3, and periumbilical urination in 2. Four combined anomalies were observed in 4 patients. The diagnostic evaluation included fistulography in 3 cases, sonography in 12, and CT in 3. Excision was performed in 12 patients.CONCLUSION:
Urachal anomalies most often present in infancy, and can be diagnosed and treated with certainty if a good physical examination and proper imaging studies are performed. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice for urachal anomalies.
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Assunto principal:
Exame Físico
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Cisto do Úraco
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Úraco
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Micção
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Dor Abdominal
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Erros de Diagnóstico
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Febre
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Guia de Prática Clínica
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Estudo observacional
Limite:
Idoso
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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