An Unusual Case of Urachal Cyst Misdiagnosed as a Paraovarian Cyst: Ultrasound Assessment and Differential Diagnosis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Presentation
2.1. Patient Information
2.2. Clinical History
2.3. Physical Examination and Paraclinical Tests
2.4. Diagnostic Assessment and Investigations
2.5. Surgical Treatment
2.6. Anatomopathological Result: Urachal Mucinous Cystadenoma
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Age | Sex | Symptoms | Size (cm) | Treatment | Histology | Reference |
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Thirty-five | Male | Dysuria, perineal pain | 11.5 × 6 × 3 | Partial cystectomy * | Squamous cell carcinoma of the urachus | [25] |
Thirty-eight | Female | Lower abdominal pain | 14 × 7 × 6.5 | Laparoscopy * | Tubo-ovarian abscess and Cystic urachal remnant | [15] |
Forty-three | Female | Lower abdominal pain | 9.7 × 7.5 | Partial cystectomy and Tumorectomy | Urachal Mucinous Cystadenoma | Present case |
Fifty-nine | Male | Hematuria, lower abdominal pain | 7 × 4 | Partial cystectomy * | Squamous cell carcinoma of the urachus | [26] |
Sixty-two | Female | Suprapubic pain | 16 × 14 × 11 | Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy | Squamous cell carcinoma of the urachus | [27] |
Sixty-four | Male | Dysuria, lower abdominal pain | 9 × 6 | Partial cystectomy * | Squamous cell carcinoma of the urachus | [28] |
Seventy | Male | Dysuria, hematuria | 8 × 6 × 6 | Partial cystectomy * | Squamous cell carcinoma of the urachus | [29] |
Eighty-four | Male | Dysuria, lower abdominal pain | 8 × 7 × 6 | Partial cystectomy * | Squamous cell carcinoma of the urachus | [30] |
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Ilea, C.; Ilie, O.-D.; Stoian, I.-L.; Scripcariu, I.-S.; Doroftei, B. An Unusual Case of Urachal Cyst Misdiagnosed as a Paraovarian Cyst: Ultrasound Assessment and Differential Diagnosis. Diagnostics 2022, 12, 3166. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12123166
Ilea C, Ilie O-D, Stoian I-L, Scripcariu I-S, Doroftei B. An Unusual Case of Urachal Cyst Misdiagnosed as a Paraovarian Cyst: Ultrasound Assessment and Differential Diagnosis. Diagnostics. 2022; 12(12):3166. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12123166
Chicago/Turabian StyleIlea, Ciprian, Ovidiu-Dumitru Ilie, Irina-Liviana Stoian, Ioana-Sadyie Scripcariu, and Bogdan Doroftei. 2022. "An Unusual Case of Urachal Cyst Misdiagnosed as a Paraovarian Cyst: Ultrasound Assessment and Differential Diagnosis" Diagnostics 12, no. 12: 3166. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12123166