Laparoscopic treatment of mucinous urachal adenocarcinoma with mucocele.
We present a case of an asymptomatic 76-year-old woman treated laparoscopically for an urachal mucocele owing to a nonmetastatic urachal mucinous adenocarcinoma. Since laparoscopic en bloc resection of the urachus and partial cystectomy, the patient has been healthy and disease-free for 12 months. Modern surgical treatment of urachal adenocarcinoma is discussed in the light of this case.
Oberndoerfer
Marine
M
Department of Surgery, Clinics of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Bucher
Pascal
P
Caviezel
Alessandro
A
Platon
Alexandra
A
Ott
Vincent
V
Egger
Jean-François
JF
Morel
Philippe
P
D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D015653:Cystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009078:Mucocele / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014496:Urachal Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*