Laparoscopic treatment of mucinous urachal adenocarcinoma with mucocele
Marine Oberndoerfer1, Pascal Bucher, Alessandro Caviezel
1Department of Surgery, Clinics of Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques
|February 25, 2009
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.
