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Volume 17 (12):698-703, 2013.

Spontaneous remission of persistent urachus in a Kitten – Case report

 

Marcia Kikuyo Notomi1, Diogo Ribeiro Câmara1, Evelynne Hildegard Marques-Melo1; Svetlana Maria Wanderley Barros2

 

1. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Alagoas, Viçosa-AL, Brazil; 2. Experimental Surgery Center of the University of Health Science, Maceió-AL, Brazil.Corresponding author: Dr. Marcia K. Notomi, Adjunct Professor, Fazenda São Luiz, s/n, Viçosa, Alagoas State, Brazil. CEP 57.570-000. Tel: 55 82 3214 1904. marcianotomi@gmail.com

 

ABSTRACT

 

Kikuyo Notomi M, Ribeiro Câmara D, Hildegard Marques-Melo E, Wanderley Barros SM., Spontaneous remission of persistent urachus in a Kitten, Onl J Vet Res., 17 (12):698-703, 2013. This study reports a case of true persistent urachus with spontaneous remission in a two-month-old kitten. The case was referred for the evaluation of micturition through a wound in the umbilical area. Upon palpation (the application of digital pressure to the urinary bladder through the abdomen wall), urine voiding was observed from both the vagina and umbilical region. Ultrasound and fluoroscopy showed a duct from the cranio ventral part of the bladder connecting to the umbilicus scar. Gradually umbilical micturition was reduced and vaginal voiding improved; after 30 days, complete urachal occlusion occurred.

 

Keywords: Urinary tract, urination, bladder, wound healing, urachus patent .

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