Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine - Volume 66, Number 5&6, Page 327

Volume 66 Number 5&6
October/November 1999 back to contents

Adenocarcinoma of the Urachus Masquerading as a Right Lower Quadrant Mass: A Case Report 327-329

Stanley Zaslau, M.D., Michael E. Gribetz, M.D., Pamela D. Unger, M.D., Anthony J. Vine, M.D., and Lester B. Katz, M.D.

Address all correspondence to Stanley Zaslau, M.D., Department of Urology, Box 1272, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029.

ABSTRACT
We report a patient who presented initially with a right lower quadrant mass which was attached to the anterior abdominal wall. The final pathological diagnosis was adenocarcinoma of the urachus, an exceedingly rare bladder tumor.

KEY WORDS
Urachal anomalies, urachal carcinoma, lower quadrant mass, adenocarcinoma

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Volume 66 Number 5&6 October/November 1999	back to contents

Adenocarcinoma of the Urachus Masquerading as a Right Lower Quadrant Mass: A Case Report	327-329
Stanley Zaslau, M.D., Michael E. Gribetz, M.D., Pamela D. Unger, M.D., Anthony J. Vine, M.D., and Lester B. Katz, M.D.
Address all correspondence to Stanley Zaslau, M.D., Department of Urology, Box 1272, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029.