Abscessed cyst of the urachus: a case report

Authors

  • Manuel Salvador López Cárdenas Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Jorge Luis González Jara Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Michael Cruz García Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

urachal cyst/complications, sepsis, diagnostic techniques and procedures, surgery

Abstract

The urachus is a tubular structure located in the infraumbilical midline extending from the anterior portion of the bladder dome to the umbilicus. The persistence of some parts of the urachus will lead to congenital anomalies derived from it, being the cyst the most common one. The urachal cysts are small and remain unnoticed until some complications present clinical symptoms, sepsis among them. A 64 year old patient complaining of a pain in the hypogastrium for 15 days is presented. The patient had a palpable tumor mass about 10cm in diameter. An ultrasonography of the abdomen and of the soft parts was carried out and an infected urachal cyst was diagnosed. An emergency total resection was carried out and the patient evolved satisfactorily being discharged the seventh day of the postoperative.

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Author Biographies

Manuel Salvador López Cárdenas, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Cirugía General. Profesor Instructor del Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Jorge Luis González Jara, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Cirugía General

Michael Cruz García, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Residente de Cirugía General

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López Cárdenas MS, González Jara JL, Cruz García M. Abscessed cyst of the urachus: a case report. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2009 May 8 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];3(2):38-41. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/448

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2009): May-August

Section

Case Reports

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