Infected urachal abnormality as the cause of an infant irritability

Manuel Vargas Pérez^a, Leopoldo Martínez Martínez^b, Fernando Baquero Artigao^c

^aServicio de Pediatría. Hospital de Poniente. El Ejido. Almería. España.
^bServicio de Cirugía Pediátrica. Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz. Madrid. España.
^cSociedad Española de Infectología Pediátrica (SEIP). España.

Correspondence: M Vargas. E-mail: vargasperezm@gmail.com

Reference of this article: Vargas Pérez M, Martínez Martínez L, Baquero Artigao F. Infected urachal abnormality as the cause of an infant irritability. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2016;18:259-62.

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Abstract

We report the case of a 5-month old infant who presents irritability and abdominal distention in the context of a congenital anomaly of the urachus. Symptomatology, additional tests and treatment, as well as the main differential diagnoses, are reviewed in the text.

Keywords

● Child ● Omphalomesenteric duct ● Urachal cyst

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