Familial urachal sinus associated with a possible congenital malformation: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-239

  Kubota, Keisuke ^a   Nomura, Sachiyo ^a   Kawahara, Masaki ^a   Kaminishi, Michio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Congenital malformation; Familial presentation; Urachal cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PYELOPLASTY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; UMBILICUS; URACHAL DISEASE; URACHAL SINUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; UMBILICUS; URACHAL CYST; URACHUS;

EID: 0037236347     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950300053     Document Type: Article

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