Treatment of metastatic urachal carcinoma in an elderly woman

Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2008 Jan;5(1):55-8. doi: 10.1038/ncponc1009.

Abstract

Background: A 67-year-old woman with a history of smoking presented with abdominal pain and hematuria. On physical examination, she had a palpable pelvic mass. Imaging revealed a large pelvic mass situated on the dome of the bladder, extending from the urachus, without evidence of other sites of metastases. After resection, urachal adenocarcinoma was histologically confirmed. No adjuvant therapy was administered. Repeat imaging obtained 3 months after resection revealed a large left pelvic mass consistent with recurrence.

Investigations: Physical examination, pelvic and complete lymph-node examination, laboratory tests, urine analysis, CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis, chest X-ray, bone scan, cystoscopy, histologic examination of tumor morphology, and MRI of the abdomen and pelvis.

Diagnosis: Metastatic urachal adenocarcinoma.

Management: Surgical excision combined with cystectomy and pelvic lympadenectomy, chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Camptothecin / administration & dosage
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cystectomy*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Irinotecan
  • Leucovorin / administration & dosage
  • Lymph Node Excision*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / radiotherapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Pelvic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Pelvic Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Pelvic Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Pelvic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Urachus*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / surgery*

Substances

  • Irinotecan
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil
  • Camptothecin

Supplementary concepts

  • IFL protocol