[Persistent patent urachus disclosed by ultrasonography of an enlarged umbilical cord]

P Buisson; R Verly; M Bon-Marty; J Tomikowski; J Santarelli

[Persistent patent urachus disclosed by ultrasonography of an enlarged umbilical cord]

Rev Fr Gynecol Obstet. 1995 Jan;90(1):40-3.

[Article in French]

Authors

P Buisson¹, R Verly, M Bon-Marty, J Tomikowski, J Santarelli

Affiliation

¹ Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Jean-Verdier, Bondy.

PMID: 7899771

Abstract

A case of persistent permeability of the medial umbilical fold identified by the ultrasound detection of an enlarged umbilical cord. The ultrasound characteristics of this cord are described. A review of the literature made it possible to survey the diagnostic conditions of this disorder and to envisage the mechanisms involved.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Hypospadias / pathology
Male
Oligohydramnios / diagnostic imaging
Pregnancy
Ultrasonography, Prenatal*
Umbilical Cord / abnormalities*
Umbilical Cord / diagnostic imaging*
Urachus / abnormalities*
Urachus / diagnostic imaging*
Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / diagnostic imaging