Urachal Actinomycosis Mimicking a Urachal Tumor.
10.4111/kju.2010.51.6.438
- Author:
Kyoung Taek LIM
1
;
Seung Jin MOON
;
Joon Seok KWON
;
Young Woo SON
;
Hong Yong CHOI
;
Yun Young CHOI
;
Ju Yeon PYO
;
Yong Wook PARK
;
Hong Sang MOON
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. moonuro@hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Actinomycosis;
Positron-emission tomography;
Urachal cyst
- MeSH:
Abdominal Wall;
Actinomycosis;
Adult;
Cystectomy;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Humans;
Positron-Emission Tomography;
Urachal Cyst;
Urinary Bladder
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
2010;51(6):438-440
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 26-year-old man presented with lower abdominal discomfort and a palpable mass in the right lower quadrant. An abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed an abdominal wall mass that extended from the dome of the bladder. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron-emission tomography/CT (PET/CT) showed hypermetabolic wall thickening around the bladder dome area that extended to the abdominal wall and hypermetabolic mesenteric infiltration. Differential diagnosis included a urachal tumor with invasion into adjacent organs and chronic inflammatory disease. Partial cystectomy with abdominal wall mass excision was performed, and the final pathologic report was consistent with urachal actinomycosis.
