title: Urachal adenocarcinoma metastatic to the ovaries resembling primary ovarian mucinous carcinoma: a case report with the immunohistochemical study.
abstract: Urachal adencarcinoma is rare and its metastasis to the ovary is extremely rare. I report here on a case of urachal adenocarcinoma that metastasized to bilateral ovaries in a 72-year-old female. She presented with vaginal spotting. Abdominal CT revealed a huge multiloculated cystic mass in the recto-uterine pouch and a solid mass with dot calcification in the anterior pelvic cavity. The resected ovaries were equal-sized at about 10cm at the greatest diameter. The sectioned surfaces were predominantly multicystic with a solid nodule. Microscopically, both ovaries were mainly composed of cystic glands lined by mucin-containing epithelium with atypical nuclei. The solid nodule consisted of irregularly infiltrating glands and single tumor cells. Two years later, the patient was admitted with hema-turia. The kidney CT revealed a solid mass with calcification in the bladder dome, which suggested urachal carcinoma. The partial cystectomy specimen revealed an ill-defined ulcerative tumor. Histologically, the tumor corresponded to mucinous adenocarcinoma and centered at the bladder wall with predominant invasion of the muscularis. The immunohistochemical profiles of the ovarian and urachal tumors were exactly the same. The tumor cells were diffusely positive for CK20, CDX-2, MUC2 and MUC5AC, focally positive for 34(3E12 and negative for CK7.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine Dankook University Cheonan, Republic of Korea. walee@dankook.ac.kr
authors.forename: Wonae
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D010166:Palliative Care; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor