1 Sep 2007Case Report
Urachus’ carcinoma: A case report
Alfredo Guarnieri 1Andrea Tirone 1Maria Vecchio 2Giuseppe Vuolo 1Luigi Verre 1Vinno Savelli 1Alessandro Piccolomini 1Leonardo Cosmo 1Manuela Cesaretti 1Anton Carli 1
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Article Info
1 Dipartimento di Chirurgia e Bioingegneria, Sezione di Chirurgia (Direttore: Prof. A.F. Carli)
2 Istituto di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2007, 78(5), 451-452;
Published: 1 Sep 2007
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Abstract
Urachus’ carcinoma represents a rare oncologic disease with an unfavourable prognosis due to the usual delay of correct diagnosis for its anatomical localization. Its surgical treatment varies from radical cystectomy to segmentary resection of the bladder with pelvic lymphadenectomy. We report a case occurred in a ninety years old female, in which the diagnosis was achieved only at laparotomy. The patient was submitted to surgery with the only generic diagnosis of “lower abdominal mass”, and treated with segmentary resection.
Keywords
- Abdominal mass
- Segmentary resection
- Urachus’s carcinoma