Lam Siu W, Linsen Philip Vm, Elgersma Otto E
Department of Radiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Clin Med Insights Case Rep. 2019 Apr 18;12:1179547619843836. doi: 10.1177/1179547619843836. eCollection 2019.
The urachus is a vestigial structure of the allantois and cloaca. It involutes as fetal development progresses to become a fibrous cord, which courses between the umbilicus and bladder dome within the retropubic space. Infection occasionally occurs in patients with congenital patent urachus. Here, we report a patient with infection of a previously closed urachal tract presenting as an abdominal mass. This has rarely been described in the literature. Current knowledge on imaging findings to the diagnosis is discussed.
脐尿管是尿囊和泄殖腔的残余结构。随着胎儿发育进展，它逐渐退化形成一条纤维索，该纤维索在耻骨后间隙内沿脐与膀胱顶部之间走行。先天性脐尿管未闭的患者偶尔会发生感染。在此，我们报告一例既往已闭合的脐尿管发生感染并表现为腹部肿块的患者。这种情况在文献中鲜有描述。本文讨论了目前关于诊断的影像学表现的知识。
