title: Diagnosis of urachal anomalies in infancy and childhood by contrast fistulography, ultrasound and CT.
abstract: From 1981 to 1989 seventeen cases of pediatric patients with urachal remnants have been treated at the Fukuoka Municipal Children's Hospital (2 patent urachus, 5 urachal cyst, 9 urachal sinus, 1 urachal diverticulum). The cases of patent urachus were discovered in the neonates due to a urine discharge from the umbilicus; in the older children, cysts or sinuses accompanied by an infection led to the diagnosis of the urachal anomaly. In 8 of 11 cases, fistulography established the diagnosis. In 9 of 12 cases, ultrasound imaging was diagnostically successful, as was CT in all 3 cases that were given scans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Fukuoka Municipal Children's Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagasaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawanami
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014496:Urachal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014497:Urachus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*