Management of an infected urachal cyst during pregnancy.
An infected urachal cyst complicating a pregnancy is extremely rare, but is considered to present a high risk to both the mother and the fetus. We treated a patient with an infected urachal cyst diagnosed at 29 weeks of gestation. A healthy infant was delivered by cesarean section at 37 weeks of gestation. The patient underwent excision of the unruptured cyst 37 days later. This is the first reported case of an infected urachal cyst complicating a pregnancy, that was diagnosed before rupture and was managed without serious sequelae for either the mother or the fetus. The diagnosis and management of the infected urachal cyst complicating the pregnancy is discussed.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
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Kotsuji
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Hosokawa
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Takeuchi
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Kamitani
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Tominaga
D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002228:Carbenicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005578:Fosfomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014496:Urachal Cyst / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
D005578:Fosfomycin; D000667:Ampicillin; D002228:Carbenicillin