Urachal lesion associated with calculus formation causing intestinal obstruction. A case report.
This report presents the history of a 40-year-old man with intestinal obstruction due to intraperitoneal rupture of a urachal cyst with stone formation. This very rare disorder deserves attention in order to avoid delay in diagnosing the true cause to the abdominal disaster and furthermore to encourage radical surgical treatment of the urachal lesion.
D000328:Adult; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014496:Urachal Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D014497:Urachus