Abstract
Urachal cancer arises from an embryologic remnant of the urogenital sinus and allantois and accounts for approximately 1% of bladder malignancies. The most encountered histologic subtype is adenocarcinoma. We present a 76-year-old man suspected to have an advanced sigmoid cancer infiltrating nearby organs. A supplemental 18F-FDG PET/CT showed high tracer uptake in a tumorous process coherent with the dome of the bladder wall involving the sigmoid colon. Cystoscopy revealed a normal bladder wall, except for a small edematous area in the anterior bladder. Biopsies from the sigmoid colon and transurethral resection from the bladder confirmed a urothelial carcinoma originating from the urachus.
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Received: 15 November 2021 PAucbcleisphteedr’:s2N0 oDtee:ceMmDbPeIr 2st0a2y1s neutral wPiuthblrisehgeadrd: 2to4 jDuericsedmicbtieorn2a0l2c1laims in published maps and institutional affPiluiabtiloisnhse. r’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations
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1. Einerhand, S.M.H.; van Gennep, E.J.; Mertens, L.S.; Hendricksen, K.; Donswijk, M.L.; van der Poel, H.G.; van Rhijn, B.W.G. 18Ffluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Summary
Carcinoma in the Urachus Presenting AascaCdoelmonicCEadnictoerr.: DHieangnnionstgicRse2i0s22, 12, 31. Https://doi.org/10.3390/ Rdeicaeginvoesdt:ic1s512N0o1v0e0m31ber 2021 Accepted: 20 December 2021 PAucbaldisehmedic: E23diDtoerc:eHmebnenri2n0g2R1 eis Keywords: urachal cancer; 18F-FDG PET/CT; urothelial carcinoma Keywords: urachal cancer; 18F-FDG PET/CT; urothelial carcinoma Received: 15 November 2021 PAucbcleisphteedr’:s2N0 oDtee:ceMmDbPeIr 2st0a2y1s neutral wPiuthblrisehgeadrd: 2to4 jDuericsedmicbtieorn2a0l2c1laims in published maps and institutional affPiluiabtiloisnhse.
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