title: Laparoscopic excision of a urachal cyst containing large stones in an adult.
abstract: Stone-containing urachal cysts are extremely rare in adults. Here, we report the case of a 58-year-old man with a urachal cyst who had lower abdominal pain and urinary frequency. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography showed hyperdense stones in the urachus. He was treated with a laparoscopic excision using a transperitoneal approach. The pathological diagnosis was an inflammed urachal cyst. This rare case illustrates an inflammed urachal cyst containing stones treated with laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea. seraph@wonkwang.ac.kr
authors.forename: Ill Young
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Dong Youp
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Sang Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Joung Sik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rim
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014496:Urachal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*