| Journal: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000283647 |
| ISSN: | 0100-6991 |
| Authors: | Vieira-Junior, Emanuel da Silva1 Abreu, Rone Antonio Alves de Speranzini, Manlio Basilio2 |
| Institutions: | 1Secretaria de Estado da Saude, conjunto Hospitalar do Mandaqui, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Season: | Ene-Feb |
| Volumen: | 34 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 67-68 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | Urachus anomalies are generally asymptomatic, but when infected can simulate acute abdomen. This anomaly has to be deemed when abdominal tenderness is associated with inflammation signs in parumbilical or hypogastric regions. Ultrasonography has great sensibility to settle down the diagnosis as observed from our three cases. Ultrasonography images with air suggest intestinal fistula in most cases with sigmoid or ileum as shown here |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Diagnóstico, Gastroenterología, Quistes, Uraco, Abdomen agudo, Complicaciones, Ultrasonido |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Diagnosis, Gastroenterology, Surgery, Cysts, Urachus, Acute abdomen, Ultrasound |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
