Urachus
"Urachus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An embryonic structure originating from the ALLANTOIS. It is a canal connecting the fetal URINARY BLADDER and the UMBILICUS. It is normally converted into a fibrous cord postnatally. When the canal fails to be filled and remains open (patent urachus), urine leaks through the umbilicus.
| Descriptor ID |
D014497
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.890
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Zhou YW, Long YX, Song K, Liang LB, Cheng K, Chen Y, Liu JY. Anterior wall adenocarcinoma of bladder with similar clinicopathological and prognostic characteristics as common bladder carcinomas should not be treated as or classified into urachal adenocarcinomas. Cancer Med. 2021 08; 10(16):5415-5428.