Recurrent Urachal Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Bilateral Ovarian Tumors on Cesarean Delivery. Issue 9 (1st November 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: El-Ghobashy, Alaa; Ohadike, Corah; Wilkinson, Nafisa; Lane, Geoffery; Campbell, James D.
• Is Part Of: International journal of gynecological cancer. Volume 19:Issue 9(2009)
• Page Start: 1539
• Page End: 1541
• Publication Date: 2009-11-01
• Subjects: Urachal -- Adenocarcinoma -- Ovarian -- Metastasis; Generative organs, Female -- Cancer -- Periodicals; 616.99465
• DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a84177
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1048-891X

Abstract

Abstract : Secondary ovarian cancers, Krukenberg tumors, are a distinctive subset of metastatic tumors arising from the gastrointestinal tract (stomach, colon, and appendix), the biliary system, the breast, or other genital organs. These tumors account for 5% of all ovarian malignancies. Such metastases could mimic primary mucinous ovarian adenocarcinomas.1, 2 Metastases from the urinary tract are uncommon. Primary adenocarcinoma of the bladder accounts for less than 1% of all bladder malignancies; one third of these tumors are urachal in origin.3 Urachal cancers are rare and tend to occur in older men (mean age, 50-60 years); however, it was described previously in a 15-year-old girl.4 Symptoms include hematuria, dysuria, frequency, urgency, and recurrent urinary tract infections.5 These tumors have a predilection to locally spread to the surrounding organs. Ovarian metastasis is a rare event and is infrequently reported in literature.