[Two cases of abdominal masses caused by foreign bodies which were preoperatively diagnosed as urachal abscess]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2000 May;46(5):341-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 61-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman were referred to our hospital because of lower abdominal pain and discomfort, pollakisuria and a lower abdominal mass. In both patients, radiological studies and cystoscopy caused us to suspect a urachal abscess. We performed operations transperitoneally. In the male patient, fish bones were detected between the mass and ileum. A partial cystectomy was performed on the female patient, and the histological diagnosis was Sparganosis mansoni. In both cases, it was very difficult to make a correct diagnosis before the operations, but surgical treatment was successfully performed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Abscess / diagnosis
  • Abdominal Abscess / etiology*
  • Abdominal Abscess / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Humans
  • Ileum
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sparganosis / complications*
  • Sparganosis / diagnosis
  • Sparganosis / surgery
  • Urachal Cyst / diagnosis
  • Urachal Cyst / etiology*
  • Urachal Cyst / surgery