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Having Weird Thing Inside Belly Button, It Appears To Be Attached And Long. What Could Be This?

Posted on Mon, 1 Jul 2013

Question: i have this weird thing inside my belly button, it appears to be attached and long, if i push in my belly i can make it pop out of my stomach

Answered by Dr. Jorge Brenes-Salazar (24 minutes later)

dear patient,

thanks for your health concerns. our belly buttons at some point were connected to the placenta and to our bladder, thus sometimes you can have residual obliterated conduits such as an onphalocele (belly button cyst). they are benign and dont translate disease. other times there is an umbilical hernia communicating with the gut, it comes out when you push

hope that is useful yours truly

Dr Brenes Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Jorge Brenes-Salazar (23 minutes later)

Ok. This is something new and has never been there before. It does not take up my whole belly button. It almost appears kinda like a worm but i can definitely tell that it is not. Is it something i should be concerned about?

Answered by Dr. Jorge Brenes-Salazar (1 hour later)

Thanks for the follow up question. Based on the texture and appearance, it looks more consistent with an urachal remnant (embryologic vestigial structure); these are benign but could occasionally get infected; these can be removed, thus I recommend you to consult with a general surgeon for an examination and evaluation

Truly yours

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar