title: [Emergency surgery: suppurating urachal cyst producing intestinal occlusion].
abstract: Urachal cysts are anomalies related to the persistence of urachal remnants after the birth. They are seldom asymptomatic, but in some cases they mimic acute abdominal disease. We report a case of a 67-year-old man with relapsing episodes of intestinal sub-occlusion caused by the presence of an infected urachal cyst. The surgical procedure we used consisted of a viscerolysis and excision of the infected cyst, avoiding partial resection of the dome of the urinary bladder. Our article also includes a review of the literature on urachal infected cyst and its management.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Trieste.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spivach
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gheller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Danek
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guidolin
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Pozzi-Mucelli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013492:Suppuration; D014496:Urachal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*