title: Subumbilical parietal cystic images.
abstract: We report three cases of women who came to our observation suffering from a feeling of heaviness in the pelvic floor. Ultrasonography showed, in all cases, a cystic formation, medially located under the umbilicus, suggesting the presence of a cyst of the urachus. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, however, thanks to a more definite topographic evaluation, allowed elimination of this diagnosis in two patients with history of previous abdominal surgery.
authors.affiliation: Service de radiodiagnostic de l'Archet II, CHU de Nice, 151 rte St, Antoine de Ginestiere, B.P. 3079, F-06202, Nice Cedex 3, France. jacquotvirginie@aol.com
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lesbats-Jacquot
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amoretti
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cucchi
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: Jean Noël
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Bruneton
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography