urachal diverticulum
MONDO:0018553Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names urachal diverticulum yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Urachal diverticulum is the rarest type of congenital urachal anomaly resulting from the failure of the distal urachus to close at its point of connectivity to the bladder that is usually asymptomatic but can be associated with recurrent urinary tract infections and other complications.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018553), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
8 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Recurrent urinary tract infectionsHPOHP:0000010
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abdominal massHPOHP:0031500
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Bladder outlet obstructionHPOHP:0041047
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- HematuriaHPOHP:0000790
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Pelvic massHPOHP:0031501
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Pelvic painHPOHP:0034267
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Bladder neoplasmHPOHP:0009725
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: urachal diverticulum
- Also called
- Vesicourachal diverticulum