Ces Urol 2015, 19(3):220-224

Urachal anomalies - a rare cause of abdominal pain and fever

Jana Horáková¹, Jan Starczewski¹, Miloš Fiala¹, Vladislav Smrčka², Jiří Kubále³, Aleš Petřík¹

¹ Urologické oddělení Nemocnice České Budějovice, a.s.

² Dětské oddělení Nemocnice České Budějovice, a.s.

³ Radiodiagnostické oddělení Nemocnice České Budějovice, a.s.

Horáková J, Starczewski J, Fiala M, Smrčka V, Kubále J, Petřík A. Urachal anomalies - a rare cause of abdominal pain and fever. Urachal anomalies are rare. Literary data include case reports, studies analysing data from large groups are not available. Optimal treatment remains a matter of debate. The disease has a good prognosis when adequate treatment is initiated early. It can however also manifest with a life-threatening sepsis or peritonitis. We report a case of 13-month-old girl with infected urachal cyst.

Keywords: Urachus, urachal anomalies, urachal carcinoma, urachal cyst, urachal disease.

Received: June 23, 2015; Accepted: August 3, 2015; Prepublished online: July 29, 2015; Published: October 7, 2015