A study of the anatomic features of the duct of the urachus

O Cappele, L Sibert, J Descargues, V Delmas… - Surgical and Radiologic …, 2001 - Springer
Abstract The urachus is an embryonic remnant resulting from involution of the allantoic duct
and the ventral cloaca. Attaching the bladder dome to the umbilicus, this duct becomes …

Crohn's disease presenting as a ceco-urachal fistula

H Tsukui, K Koinuma, M Morimoto, H Horie… - Clinical journal of …, 2017 - Springer
We report the case of a patient with Crohn's disease who initially presented with a ceco-
urachal fistula. The patient was a 31-year-old female who underwent an appendectomy 6 …

Crohn's disease complicated by a urachoenteric fistula

EO Klineberg, SP James… - Digestive diseases and …, 2002 - search.proquest.com
DISCUSSION The urachus is an embryonic remnant that connects the dome of the bladder
to the umbilicus and lies in the space of Retzius. This structure usually obliterates at 32 …

[PDF][PDF] Enterourachal fistula as an initial presentation in Crohn disease

S Sankararaman, R Sabe, TJ Sferra… - Pediatric …, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Crohn disease has a wide spectrum of clinical presentations and rarely can present with
complications such as a bowel stricture or fistula. In this case report, we describe a 17-year …

Urachus fistula: a rare first presentation of diverticulitis

C Dickhoff, MM Campo, PJA Ophof… - Case Reports in …, 2008 - karger.com
Urachus fistulas are rare, especially in adulthood. In grown-ups urachus fistulas are usually
a reflection of Crohn's disease. We present a patient in whom an urachus fistula was the first …

Infected urachal cyst secondary to a Crohn's enterourachal fistula

LL Hollander, ED Girard, KA Ruscher, W Sayej… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2012 - Elsevier
Enterourachal fistulas are exceedingly rare in Crohn's patients. We report a case of a
presumed enterourachal fistula that led to an infected urachal cyst. Preoperative medical …

[HTML][HTML] Crohn's disease manifesting as ileo-urachal fistula: Two cases reports and review of literatures

H Kuroki, A Sugita, K Koganei, K Tatsumi… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction: A fistula involving a patent urachus in a patient with Crohn's disease is rare.
Here we report ileourachal fistula formation in two patients with Crohn'disease. Case …

Cholecysto-urachal fistula

CB Rabinowitz, JH Song, JS Movson, HM Iannotti - Abdominal imaging, 2007 - Springer
The urachus is an embryonic remnant that connects the primitive bladder to the allantois.
Multiple urachal anomalies have been described, including the urachal sinus, urachal cyst …

[HTML][HTML] Pediatric Crohn disease complicated by an entero-uracho-cutaneous fistula

BD Mador, GK Blair - Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
Crohn disease is characterized by transmural inflammation and can thus lead to fistulization
between the inflamed bowel and adjacent structures, typically other loops of bowel, skin, or …

[HTML][HTML] Retained pill camera at an entero-uracho-vesical fistula site in a patient with Crohn's disease

CG Yheulon, DC Derosa… - Hawai'i Journal of Medicine …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
An 18-year-old female patient with Crohn's disease had abdominal pain secondary to a
retained pill camera. After several weeks of medical management, the camera …