Case Report

A stretched fibrous cord like medial umbilical ligament in a child: Is it a reason for lower abdominal pain?

Volume: 4 Number: 3 December 31, 2019
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A stretched fibrous cord like medial umbilical ligament in a child: Is it a reason for lower abdominal pain?

Abstract

Obliterated umbilical arteries called as medial umbilical ligament (MUL) located in umbilicovesical fascia. In English literature, pathologies associated with anatomical variations of MUL have not been described. We present a 7-year-old male patient admitted with chronic colic lower abdominal pain and left non-palpable testis. Laparoscopic exploration showed a significant stretched fibrous cord like MUL with a peritoneal web on the both sides. The both ligaments were totally excised. Orchidopexy was performed for the left intraabdominal testis. The patient was pain free in the second year of follow up. Since there is a cross-neural sensitization among pelvic structures, a significantly tense MUL might be considered as a pathology causing recurrent abdominal pain by stretching and innervating the sensory neural fibers. Laparoscopy easily exposes if there is a stretching web like MUL from umbilicus to the pelvis. During an exploration for chronic abdominal pain with unknown etiology, if a significant pathology could not be identified, pain related to a tense fibrous MUL might be considered in the differential diagnosis.   

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Clinical Sciences

Journal Section

Case Report

Publication Date

December 31, 2019

Submission Date

October 8, 2019

Acceptance Date

December 30, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 4 Number: 3

APA
Alıcı, U., & Tokar, B. (2019). A stretched fibrous cord like medial umbilical ligament in a child: Is it a reason for lower abdominal pain? Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal, 4(3). https://izlik.org/JA92BB48JF
AMA
1.Alıcı U, Tokar B. A stretched fibrous cord like medial umbilical ligament in a child: Is it a reason for lower abdominal pain? J Cumhuriyet Univ Health Sci Inst. 2019;4(3). https://izlik.org/JA92BB48JF
Chicago
Alıcı, Umut, and Baran Tokar. 2019. “A Stretched Fibrous Cord Like Medial Umbilical Ligament in a Child: Is It a Reason for Lower Abdominal Pain?”. Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal 4 (3). https://izlik.org/JA92BB48JF.
EndNote
Alıcı U, Tokar B (December 1, 2019) A stretched fibrous cord like medial umbilical ligament in a child: Is it a reason for lower abdominal pain? Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal 4 3
IEEE
[1]U. Alıcı and B. Tokar, “A stretched fibrous cord like medial umbilical ligament in a child: Is it a reason for lower abdominal pain?”, J Cumhuriyet Univ Health Sci Inst, vol. 4, no. 3, Dec. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA92BB48JF
ISNAD
Alıcı, Umut - Tokar, Baran. “A Stretched Fibrous Cord Like Medial Umbilical Ligament in a Child: Is It a Reason for Lower Abdominal Pain?”. Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal 4/3 (December 1, 2019). https://izlik.org/JA92BB48JF.
JAMA
1.Alıcı U, Tokar B. A stretched fibrous cord like medial umbilical ligament in a child: Is it a reason for lower abdominal pain? J Cumhuriyet Univ Health Sci Inst. 2019;4. Available at https://izlik.org/JA92BB48JF.
MLA
Alıcı, Umut, and Baran Tokar. “A Stretched Fibrous Cord Like Medial Umbilical Ligament in a Child: Is It a Reason for Lower Abdominal Pain?”. Instıtute of Health Sciences Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, Dec. 2019, https://izlik.org/JA92BB48JF.
Vancouver
1.Umut Alıcı, Baran Tokar. A stretched fibrous cord like medial umbilical ligament in a child: Is it a reason for lower abdominal pain? J Cumhuriyet Univ Health Sci Inst [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 1;4(3). Available from: https://izlik.org/JA92BB48JF

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