Allantoic cyst and persistent urachal-allantoic communication: a rare umbilical anomaly.
True cysts of the umbilical cord are distinctly rare. A cyst lined by uroepithelium is described in a newborn in whom the cyst communicated freely with a patent urachal system. It is assumed that this most likely represents a remnant cyst of the allantois--an anomaly not described previously.
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, IL 60201, USA.
D000482:Allantois / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014497:Urachus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery