Large pseudocyst of the umbilical cord associated with patent urachus

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 444-447

  Kilicdag, Esra Bulgan ^a,b   Kilicdag, Hasan ^a   Bagis, Tayfun ^a   Tarim, Ebru ^a   Yanik, Filiz ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Obstetrics Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Patent urachus; Umbilical cord pseudocyst

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOCYST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL CORD; URACHUS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD; URACHAL CYST; URACHUS;

EID: 10844257403     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2004.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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