作者
Joseph M Gleason, Paul R Bowlin, Darius J Bagli, Armando J Lorenzo, Tarek Hassouna, Martin A Koyle, Walid A Farhat
发表日期
2015/2
来源
The Journal of urology
卷号
193
期号
2
页码范围
632-636
出版商
Wolters Kluwer
简介
Purpose
We examined the presentation, diagnosis and management of radiologically detected pediatric urachal anomalies and assessed the risk of malignant degeneration.
Materials and Methods
Our radiology database (2000 to 2012) was queried for all children younger than 18 years who were diagnosed with a urachal anomaly radiographically, and the operative database was used to determine those who underwent excision. Data collected included demographics, presenting symptoms, imaging modality and indication for excision. These data were compared to the Ontario Cancer Registry to determine the risk of malignancy.
Results
A total of 721 patients were radiographically diagnosed with a urachal anomaly (667 incidentally), yielding a prevalence of 1.03% of the general pediatric population. Diagnoses were urachal remnants (89% of cases), urachal cysts (9%) and patent urachus (1.5%). Ultrasonography …
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