Patent urachus or bladder exstrophy occulta? A case of prenatally disappeared umbilical cord cyst

Urol Case Rep. 2021 Jul 14:39:101772. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101772. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Abstract

We are reporting an umbilical cyst detected at early trimester which mimicking bladder exstrophy occulta. A 3-cm umbilical cord cyst and a slight ventrally located urinary bladder beneath the cord insertion site was detected at 14th gestational weeks, which decreased in size and disappeared at 28th week. A term female neonate born with a 2-cm defect over the base of the umbilical cord, revealed a patent urachal fistula, and a part of the herniated urinary bladder. Detection of a vanished umbilical cord cyst has to keep aware of, making an immediate definite diagnosis and management of urachal anomaly.

Keywords: Bladder exstrophy; Patent urachus; Prenatal diagnosis; Umbilical cord cyst.

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