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A proposito di red belly button: “quando l’uraco non si oblitera”
About red belly button: when the urachus does not obliterate
Federico Matina, Antonia Federico, Anna Costa, Concetta Mattina, Donato Masaracchio
UO di Pediatria e Nido, Presidio Ospedaliero San Giacomo d’Altopasso, Licata, ASP di Agrigento
Aprile 2014 - pagg. 250 -252
Abstract
The urachus is a normal embryonic remnant of the primitive bladder dome and extends
upward from the anterior dome of the bladder toward the umbilicus. Urachal remnant
diseases are rare and manifest with nonspecific abdominal or urinary signs and symptoms.
The present paper reports a case of patent urachus, diagnosed at 11 days of age,
in a newborn with umbilical discharge and an umbilical cord cyst found by fethal
sonography in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Umbilical discharge in infancy
is often attributed to infection or umbilical granuloma. It is important to investigate
if such a discharge is due to an underlying congenital abnormality because corrective
surgical intervention may then be required.
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