[Clinicopathologic analysis of 5 cases of urachal adenocarcinoma.].

OBJECTIVES

To summarize the long-term results of patients with urachal carcinoma treated in our center.

CLINICAL CASES: The mean age at diagnosis was 48 years. The tumor stage according to Sheldon´s staging was IIB in two, IVA in one and IVB in two cases. Two of the patients underwent radical cystectomy and three underwent a partial one. All of them were urachal carcinomas, three were mucinous, one enteric and the fifth unspecified. All the patients received chemotherapy treatment. The mean follow-up time was 32 months, until death caused by the disease in all five cases.

CONCLUSIONS

Despite recent reviews, treatment remains a medical challenge. The importance of surgery is clear, but it is necessary to continue investigate different added treatments.