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Incomplete obliteration of this tube results in many anomalies such as congenital patent urachus, umbilical urachal sinus, vesicourachal diverticulum and urachal cyst. We report in this case a 5-year-old female presented to the Emergency, complaining of generalized abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, and constipation with no umbilical discharge. The clinical presentation accompanied by radiology investigations suggested a case of acute abdomen. We performed an exploratory laparotomy and found a mass above the bladder connected to the umbilicus; we excised the mass and sent a specimen to pathology that confirmed Urachal cyst. 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