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Review
. 2007 Sep;89(6):W17-8.
doi: 10.1308/147870807X227764.

Urachal tumour: clinical and radiological features of a poorly understood carcinoma

Athanasios Tsiouris  1 , Hashim Uddin Ahmed, Nittin Kumar, Amir V Kaisary
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Review

Urachal tumour: clinical and radiological features of a poorly understood carcinoma

Athanasios Tsiouris et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2007 Sep.

Abstract

Urachal tumours are rare vesical neoplasms. We report a case of urachal adenocarcinoma in a 31-year-old patient.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
MRI contrast-enhanced lobulated mass arising from a vesicourachal diverticulum off the midline bladder dome and extending to the umbilicus (outlined by white arrows).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Multilobulated cyst (black arrow) containing mutinous material with umbilicus and dome of bladder (tip of urethral catheter visible-white arrow).
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