title: [A urachus cyst revealing a torpid Crohn's disease in a young adult with chronic fever].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This case report describes a rare situation in which a superinfected cyst of the urachus complicated initially unknown and inactive Crohn's disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 21-year-old man presented a chronic fever finally attributed to a superinfected urachal cyst. Six months after ablation of the cyst, progressive Crohn's disease was diagnosed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The association of Crohn's disease and a superinfected urachal cyst is extremely rare. The case reported here is original in two aspects: the slowly progressive Crohn's disease was diagnosed after its complication; the superinfection developed through local bacterial translocation (ileal loop adjacent to the urachal cyst).
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, diabète et maladies métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weitten
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coca
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Abdelghani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rohr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boujan
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Blicklé
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andrès
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019819:Budesonide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014496:Urachal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D019819:Budesonide