Infected and ruptured urachal cyst causing peritonitis. Zeitschrift für Kinderchirurgie : organ der Deutschen, der Schweizerischen und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft für Kinderchirurgie = Surgery in infancy and childhood. [Z Kinderchir] Journal article

Urachal cysts are rare and usually as asymptomatic until they become infected. The route the infection follows is uncertain. A very unusual case is reported of a newborn female afflicted with a posteriorly ruptured urachal cyst causing incapsulated peritonitis, in which we obtained a visualization of the cyst during fistulography

Zeitschrift für Kinderchirurgie : organ der Deutschen, der Schweizerischen und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft für Kinderchirurgie = Surgery in infancy and childhood. [Z Kinderchir]

Diagnosis, Differential
Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Peritonitis
Rupture, Spontaneous
Urachal Cyst