Skip to content
Research Article Open access CC BY 3.0

Urachal Cancer in a 47-Year-Old Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review

C. Ceylan, O. Baytok, T. T. Keklik, O. G. Doluoglu

Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · pp. 693–700 · Published 23 Nov 2012

10.9734/BJMMR/2012/1702

Abstract

Aims: Urachal cancer is an uncommon neoplasm associated with poor prognosis. No concensus has been reached regarding diagnostic criteria so far. The management of urachal carcinoma is controversial, too. In this case presentation, we reported a 47 year old female with urachal cancer and treatment approach discussed with published literature. Presentation of Case: A 47-year-old female patient was admitted with abdominal pain and hematuria. A soft mass was noticed under her navel. Computerized tomography revealed a tumor which is a cystic lesion arising from the urachus and a solid mass component at the urinary bladder dome. The tumor was removed by partial cycectomy. Histological examination showed urachal adenocarcinoma (colonic type and well differentiated), which had invaded the urinary bladder. The patient has been followed up without a recurrence for the next 6 months. Discussion: Urachal carcinoma is a rare type of, approximately 0.5 to 2%, bladder neoplasms. The pathogenesis of urachal tumours is not fully understood, so far. Currently, the most effective treatment of localized urachal cancer is cystectomy. It is unclear whether lymphadenectomy or chemotherapy is usefull for the patients with urachal carcinoma. Conclusion: Regarding the treatment of urachal cancer, surgery remains the mainstay of therapy. Moreover, the achievement of a complete urachectomy, including umbilectomy and negative surgical margins, is critical for low-stage, localized, well-differentiated urachal cancer.

Cystectomy therapy urachal cancer urinary bladder.

References (20)

  1. 1 Malignant Urachal Lesions [DOI]
  2. 2 Urachal carcinoma: Clinicopathologic features and long‐term outcomes of an aggressive malignancy [DOI]
  3. 3 Multimodality Management of Urachal Carcinoma: The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Experience [DOI]
  4. 4 Urachal Carcinoma [DOI]
  5. 5 Urachal Carcinoma: Contemporary Surgical Outcomes [DOI]
  6. 6 Urachal cancer: Role of conservative surgery [DOI]
  7. 7 Population Based Survival Data on Urachal Tumors [DOI]
  8. 8 Urachal carcinoma: surgical and chemotherapeutic options [DOI]
  9. 9 RETRACTED ARTICLE: Urachal tumour: case report of a poorly understood carcinoma [DOI]
  10. 10 Urachal Carcinoma: The Case for Extended Partial Cystectomy [DOI]
  11. 11 Adenocarcinoma of urachus report of 7 cases and review of literature [DOI]
  12. 12 Is partial cystectomy the treatment of choice for mucinous adenocarcinoma of the urachus? [DOI]
  13. 13 Irinotecan as a New Agent for Urachal Cancer [DOI]
  14. 14 Adenocarcinoma of the Urachus Associated with Elevated Levels of CA 125 [DOI]
  15. 15 Outcomes of Korean patients with clinically localized urachal or non-urachal adenocarcinoma of the bladder [DOI]
  16. 16 Outcome of the treatment of invasive non‐transitional cell carcinoma [DOI]
  17. 17 [A case of urachal carcinoma treated with S-1/CDDP combination chemotherapy].
  18. 18 Urachal urothelial carcinoma diagnosed at a radical prostatectomy operation: a case report.
  19. 19 About the urachus and its pathology. A clinical case of urachus tumor.
  20. 20 Papillary adenocarcinoma of the urachus presenting as an umbilical mass.

Cited by 1

SIGNET RING CELL ADENOCARCINOMA IN A URACHAL CYST-A RARE CASE

K. Mk, H. Nagaraj, S. Kamath · 2014

Related research

Article metrics

Real usage data collected on this platform.

28

Page views

0

PDF downloads

2

Outbound clicks

1

Citations

Views over time

Views by country

Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".

Traffic sources

Referring site, by host.

Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.