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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0001-6002</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica Costarricense]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. costarric]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0001-6002</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0001-60022017000400158</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Persistencia del conducto onfalomesentérico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Persistence of the omphalomesenteric duct]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chacón-Garita]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lindsay]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Arias]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabián]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Servicio de Anatomía Patológica.  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela Servicio de Pediatría]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>59</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>158</fpage>
<lpage>160</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0001-60022017000400158&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0001-60022017000400158&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0001-60022017000400158&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La persistencia del conducto onfalomesentérico y del uraco constituyen las malformaciones congénitas más frecuentes de la región umbilical. Un fracaso en la regresión del conducto onfalomesentérico determina el origen de un amplio espectro de anomalías relacionadas con la pared abdominal, entre ellas la persistencia del conducto onfalomesentérico. Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 10 años de edad con persistencia completa y permeable del conducto onfalomesentérico; lo inusual fue su presentación con un cuadro de abdomen agudo, motivo por el cual se diagnosticó inicialmente como apendicitis aguda. Se recalca la importancia de este tipo de casos por sus múltiples manifestaciones clínicas y las complicaciones que conlleva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The persistence of the omphalomesenteric duct and the urachus are the most frequent congenital malformations of the umbilical region. A failure in the regression of the omphalomesenteric duct determines the origin of a wide spectrum of abnormalities related to the abdominal wall, including the persistence of the omphalomesenteric duct. We present the case of a 10-year-old patient with complete and permeable persistence of the omphalomesenteric duct, what makes the case unusual is its presentation with acute abdomen, reason for which it was initially diagnosed as acute appendicitis. The importance of this type of case is emphasized by its multiple clinical manifestations and the complications that it entails]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Conducto onfalomesentérico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[conducto vitelino]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[divertículo de Meckel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[abdomen agudo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[malformación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Omphalomesenteric duct]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[yolk duct]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Meckel&#8217;s diverticulum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[acute abdomen]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Malformation]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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