Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma of the Urachus.
Daniel Fernando GallegoCarlos A Munoz-ZuluagaCarlos Andrés JimenezEdwin CarrascalPublished in: Case reports in pathology (2016)
Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the urachus is a rare condition. We present the case of a 51-year-old female who developed abdominal pain and hematuria. Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reported an urachal mass with invasion to the bladder that was resected by partial cystectomy. On light microscopy the tumor resembled liver architecture, with polygonal atypical cells in nest formation and trabecular structures. Immunochemistry was positive for alfa-fetoprotein (AFP) and serum AFP was elevated. Hepatoid adenocarcinomas have been reported in multiple organs, being most commonly found in the stomach and the ovaries. Bladder compromise has been rarely described in the literature, and it has been associated with poor prognosis, low remission rates, and early metastasis.
Keyphrases
- poor prognosis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- abdominal pain
- long non coding rna
- contrast enhanced
- spinal cord injury
- induced apoptosis
- locally advanced
- high resolution
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- systematic review
- cell cycle arrest
- computed tomography
- lymph node
- single molecule
- urinary tract
- high throughput
- cell migration
- diffusion weighted imaging
- bone mineral density
- robot assisted
- high speed
- oxidative stress
- disease activity
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- label free
- ulcerative colitis
- prognostic factors
- cell death
- pi k akt
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- cell proliferation
- single cell