Umbilical pathologies in children. Report of two cases and review of the literature

There are many conditions that can affect the umbilical cord, between them, there are the infectious kind, related developmental abnormalities of the cord, degenerative diseases related to the dynamics of the umbilical cord, vascular type, tumor and amnion. The umbilical polyp is a rare phatology consistent in a persistence of some or all omphalomesenteric duct, histologically composed of bowel or bladder mucosa. Among the infectious diseases, there is the umbilical warts, that are benign epithelial proliferations caused by infection of the human papilloma virus. Two cases of umbilical disorders in children are presented, the first one in a female infant of 1.5 months, that present a umbilical polyp. The second case, a male child of 12 years old with umbilical wart, an unusual placement, successfully treated by electrocoagulation.