title: Laparoscopic treatment of mucinous urachal adenocarcinoma with mucocele.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Clinics of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oberndoerfer
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bucher
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caviezel
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Platon
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morel
mesh_terms: 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*