doi: 10.1186/s40880-016-0173-4

Clinical comparison of patients with benign urachal masses versus urachal carcinomas

Xing Bi, Zhiming Wu, Hui Han and Fangjian Zhou

Department of Urology, Tumor Hospital affiliated with the Xinjiang Medical University

[Abstract] The clinical features of 17 patients with benign urachal masses and 30 patients with urachal carcinoma treated at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center were analyzed retrospectively. Univariate analysis indicated that seven parameters differed significantly between the two groups. Binary logistic regression analyses showed that the rate of gross hematuria was significantly higher (P = 0.042, Exp[B] = 7.889) and the rate of fatty infiltration of the Retzius space was significantly lower (P = 0.006, Exp[B] = 0.028) in patients with urachal carcinoma than in those with benign urachal masses. Gross hematuria and fatty infiltration of the Retzius space may be indications of malignant and benign urachal masses, respectively.

Chinese Journal of Cancer 2017, Volume: 36, Issue 1

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Xing Bi, Zhiming Wu, Hui Han and Fangjian Zhou. Clinical comparison of patients with benign urachal masses versus urachal carcinomas. Chin J Cancer. 2017, 36:2. doi:10.1186/s40880-016-0173-4


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