A rare cause of acute abdomen: Infected urachal cyst rupture

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The biggest part of primitive urogenital sinus is bladder. In the beginning, bladder was linked with allantois. Urachus was obliterated allantoic remnant which connects to the dome of bladder. This structure is called median umbilical ligament in adults. Intraembryonic non oblitarated lumen of the allantoic remnant can results in different clinical situations: urachal fistula, urachal cyst, sinus and urachal diverticul. Sometimes directly itself and sometimes its complications may cause clinical differences. This paper is about 9-year-old male patient who operated with a presumptive diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The diagnosis noticed as infected urachal cyst rupture during surgery. Urachal remnants should be considered in differential diagnosis of acute abdomen.

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Urachal remnants , urachal cyst rupture , acute abdomen

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