A giant umbilical cord: Benign finding or surgical emergency?
Autor: | Edouard Saade, Veronica Mugarab Samedi, Kaarthigeyan Kalaniti, Grant G. Miller |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Usually asymptomatic lcsh:Medicine 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Umbilical cord Urachus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Medicine Surgical emergency lcsh:R5-920 business.industry lcsh:R digestive oral and skin physiology General Medicine umbilical‐urachal cyst Urachal Remnant Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Clinical Image congenital anomaly 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis lcsh:Medicine (General) business |
Zdroj: | Clinical Case Reports, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 398-399 (2020) Clinical Case Reports |
ISSN: | 2050-0904 |
DOI: | 10.1002/ccr3.2663 |
Popis: | Congenital urachal anomalies are usually asymptomatic. However, infection or obstruction of urachal remnant may result in serious complications. The giant umbilical cords with suspected internal communications could contain remnants and require surgical exploration. With timely recognition and surgical intervention, the outcome is generally good. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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