To cite: Shaw N, Marchalik D, Stamatakis L. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-213226 DESCRIPTION Urachal cancers are rare, accounting for <0.7% of all bladder cancers, and the majority (>90%) are adenocarcinomas. We describe a case of a patient with poorly controlled diabetes presenting with a 4-day history of an expanding, painful abdominal ra...

Recurrent urachal adenocarcinomas are rare. It is commonly associated with poor prognosis. A 51-year-old woman underwent a partial cystectomy for cancer in 2014. She was well throughout follow-up annual cystoscopies. presented 1-month history of rapidly progressive suprapubic mass and hematuria. contrasted computed tomography scan the thorax, abdomen pelvis showed large mixed solid cystic tumou...

Malakoplakia is an unusual inflammatory disease with uncertain pathogenesis affecting any organ in the body, but predominantly genitourinary tract, with specific predilection to the bladder. We report a rare case of isolated malakoplakia of the urachus in a 29-year-old male patient who presented with lower urinary tract symptoms without any hematuria. Investigations revealed sterile pyuria with...

BACKGROUND The urachus is a vestigial tubular structure that connects the urinary bladder to the allantois during early embryonic development. Urachal carcinoma develops in the urachus, which is an embryological remnant of the urogenital sinus and allantois. The estimated annual incidence of urachal carcinoma in the general population is 0.01% of all cancers in adults. Moreover, urachal carcino...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Urachal carcinoma is a rare malignancy. This study was to summarize our clinical experience in the diagnosis and treatment of urachal carcinoma. METHODS Fourteen cases of urachal carcinoma treated from May 1994 to April 2007 at Cancer Center and The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. RESULTS The most common ...

BACKGROUND Urachal carcinoma is a rare tumor that is usually associated with a poor prognosis, especially the pathological type, urachal mucinous adenocarcinoma. Surgery remains the primary treatment in prolonging the overall survival time of patients. CASE PRESENTATION We report on a 41-year-old woman with urachal mucinous adenocarcinoma who underwent three surgeries and several courses of c...

Urachal cancer is a rare genitourinary malignancy that arises from the embryologic remnant of urachus. The considered to be aggressive, with no clear consensus on appropriate management for advanced disease. Although traditionally related bladder given its origin, several next generation sequencing studies have revealed genomic profile this most closely resembles colorectal cancer. Moreover, th...

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 resecte...