[Persistent patent urachus disclosed by ultrasonography of an enlarged umbilical cord].
A case of persistent permeability of the medial umbilical fold identified by the ultrasound detection of an enlarged umbilical cord. The ultrasound characteristics of this cord are described. A review of the literature made it possible to survey the diagnostic conditions of this disorder and to envisage the mechanisms involved.
Buisson
P
P
Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Jean-Verdier, Bondy.
Verly
R
R
Bon-Marty
M
M
Tomikowski
J
J
Santarelli
J
J
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D016104:Oligohydramnios / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014497:Urachus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Persistance de perméabilité de l'ouraque révélée par un mégacordon échographique.