Urachal remnants in asymptomatic children: sonographic morphology.
The sonographic morphology of urachal remnants is not well known and findings tend to be misinterpreted. We present urachal remnants in 16 asymptomatic children (1 week-16 years). In the prevesical part two different types of urachal remnants were found: the tubular type with a small outer muscle wall and the fusiform type with a muscle wall thickness up to 12 mm. Further subvariants are presented. Differential diagnosis of the fusiform type includes urachal cyst and tumorous muscle thickening.
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Institut für Klinische Strahlenkunde, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, FRG.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014497:Urachus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*