The Management of a Case With Mucin-Producing Adenocarcinoma Originating From the Urachus

Panagiotis Angelopoulos; Sotirios Kapsalos-Dedes; Ioannis Manolitsis; Stamatios Katsimperis; Themistoklis Bellos; Ioannis Kyriazis; Panagiotis Neofytou; Lazaros Tzelves; Marinos Berdempes; Andreas Skolarikos

doi:10.7759/cureus.52376

The Management of a Case With Mucin-Producing Adenocarcinoma Originating From the Urachus

Cureus. 2024 Jan 16;16(1):e52376. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52376. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Affiliations

¹ Urology, Second Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sismanogleio General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
² Urology, Second Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
³ Urology, Second Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sismanogleio General Hospital, Athens, Greece, Athens, GRC.
⁴ Urology, Second Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sismanoglio General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
⁵ Urology, Second Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sismanogleio General Hospital, Athens, GRC, Athens, GRC.

Abstract

Urachal cancer is a rare and aggressive type of cancer, frequently characterized by a lack of prominent symptoms. We herein report a case of a 50-year-old female with mucin-producing adenocarcinoma originating from the urachus who underwent partial cystectomy and the patient remains disease-free for 30 months after treatment.

Keywords: adenocarcinoma; cystectomy; pelvic lymph node dissection; urachal cancer; urology and oncology.

Publication types

Case Reports