title: [Urachus' carcinoma: a case report].
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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chirurgia e Bioingegneria, Sezione di Chirurgia Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena. guarnieria@uni-si.it
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guarnieri
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tirone
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Del Vecchio
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vuolo
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verre
authors.forename: Vinno
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Savelli
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piccolomini
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Cosmo
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cesaretti
authors.forename: Anton Ferdinando
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Carli
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014497:Urachus