Open AccessUrachal Xanthogranulomatous Inflammation
Author(s) -
Shu-Fen Tseng,
Wen-Chou Yang,
Ming-Tse Sung
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
urological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1879-5234
pISSN - 1879-5226
DOI - 10.1016/s1879-5226(10)60042-5
Subject(s) - medicine , umbilicus (mollusc) , cystectomy , urachus , inflammation , computed tomography , differential diagnosis , radiology , surgery , pathology , bladder cancer , cancer
We report a rare case of urachal xanthogranulomatous inflammation, which presented as voiding frequency in a 67-year-old female patient. Abdominal computed tomography showed a mass above the bladder extending to the umbilicus. The patient received partial cystectomy with urachal excision, which showed a good outcome without tumor recurrence during 3 months of follow-up. There have only been a few reported cases of urachal xanthogranulomatous inflammation in the literature, of difficulties in the preoperative differential diagnosis from urachal carcinoma