Abstract
Urachal carcinoma is a rare form of cancer. It often is diagnosed incidentally, like in our case report, because its cardinal symptom also occurs in a number of other urological diseases. We report the case of a 26-year-old man with a mucinous adenocarcinoma of the urachus. The carcinoma was removed via partial cystectomy with umbilical tumour excision.
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MeSH terms
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Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / diagnosis*
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Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / pathology
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Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / surgery*
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Adenoma, Villous / diagnosis*
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Adenoma, Villous / pathology
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Adenoma, Villous / surgery*
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Adult
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Biopsy
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Cystectomy
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Cystoscopy
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Humans
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Male
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Neoplasm Staging
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Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*
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Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
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Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Urachus / pathology
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Urachus / surgery
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Urinary Bladder / pathology
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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnosis*
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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology
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Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / surgery*