URACHAL DIVERTICULUM WITH ALTERNATING SINUS

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  • NASSER SIMFOROOSH From the Department of Urology, Shahid Labbafi-Nejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Repubic of Iran
Abstract:

Urachal anomalies are exceptionally rare. They can present in different ways in childhood as well as in adults. We present an interesting case of vesico-urachal diverticulum with alternating sinus. The interesting finding in this patient was the inversion and disappearance of the umbilicus at the termination of voiding

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volume 1  issue 1

pages  74- 75

publication date 1987-11

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