Umbilical-urachal sinus
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An umbilical-urachal sinus belongs to the spectrum of congenital urachal anomalies and represents a non-communicating dilatation of the urachus at the umbilical end.
Clinical presentation
Presentation is commoner in children and rare in adult.
Radiographic features
An umbilical-urachal sinus can manifest at ultrasound as a thickened tubular structure along the midline below the umbilicus.
Complications
- infection, with possible abscess formation
- concurrent occurrence of a tumour.
History and etymology
It is thought to have been first described by Cabriolus in 1550 4.
-<p>An <strong>umbilical-</strong><strong>urachal</strong><strong> sinus</strong> belongs to the spectrum of <a href="/articles/congenital-urachal-anomalies">congenital urachal anomalies</a> and represents a non-communicating dilatation of the <a title="Urachus" href="/articles/urachus">urachus</a> at the umbilical end.</p><h4>Clinical presentation</h4><p>Presentation is commoner in children and rare in adult.</p><h4>Radiographic features</h4><p>An umbilical-urachal sinus can manifest at ultrasound as a thickened tubular structure along the midline below the <a href="/articles/umbilicus">umbilicus</a>.</p><h5>Complications</h5><ul>- +<p>An <strong>umbilical-</strong><strong>urachal</strong><strong> sinus</strong> belongs to the spectrum of <a href="/articles/congenital-urachal-anomalies">congenital urachal anomalies</a> and represents a non-communicating dilatation of the <a href="/articles/urachus">urachus</a> at the umbilical end.</p><h4>Clinical presentation</h4><p>Presentation is commoner in children and rare in adult.</p><h4>Radiographic features</h4><p>An umbilical-urachal sinus can manifest at ultrasound as a thickened tubular structure along the midline below the <a href="/articles/umbilicus">umbilicus</a>.</p><h5>Complications</h5><ul>
-</ul><h4>History and etymology</h4><p>It is thought have been first described by <strong>Cabriolus</strong> in 1550 <sup>4</sup>.</p>- +</ul><h4>History and etymology</h4><p>It is thought to have been first described by <strong>Cabriolus</strong> in 1550 <sup>4</sup>.</p>
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