[The clinical data of infected umbilical sinus]

We report the case of a female baby, three months of age, with anemia of chronic infection, hematuria and umbilical sinus. The patient did survive a sepsis and the extirpation of the umbilical sinus and died in a septic shock. Diagnosis and therapy of the anomalies of the umbilicus are discussed and a possible explanation for the hematuria is presented.