Unusual CT findings in urachus carcinoma with an extensive and atypical pattern of metastasis. A case report.
Carcinoma of the urachus is very rare. Usually it has a typical appearance on computed tomography, with calcifications in a midline supravesical mass, but advanced stages of this neoplasm require malignancy evaluation that is not easy to establish. We report a case of a urachal tumor where CT scan did not properly assess the response to chemotherapy, while it did show an uncommon metastatic localization in the laterocervical soft tissues.
La Fianza
Alfredo
A
Department of Radiology, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, Pavia, Italy. istirad@smatteo.pv.it
Scalamogna
Roberto
R
Gorone
Maria Sole Prevedoni
MS
Rovereto
Bruno
B
Brugnatelli
Silvia
S
Viglio
Alessandra
A
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014497:Urachus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*