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

Title	Infected and ruptured urachal cyst causing peritonitis.
Author(s)	Savanelli A, Cigliano B, Esposito G
Source	Z Kinderchir 1984 Aug; 39(4):267-8.
MeSH	Diagnosis, Differential Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials Female Humans Infant, Newborn Peritonitis Rupture, Spontaneous Urachal Cyst
Abstract	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
Language	eng
Pub Type(s)	Case Reports Journal Article
PubMed ID	6495881

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