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In the last decade, advances in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer have achieved a significant increase in the general and disease-free survival of affected women but have also increased the complexity of therapeutic decisions. The decision-making process requires agreement between the physicians involved in the management of these patients. Radiologists must understand what other physicians expect and inform them about the usefulness of imaging modalities. This review attempts to provide an update on these subjects.
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Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis , Breast Neoplasms/therapy , Patient Care Team , Physician's Role , Radiology , Female , HumansABSTRACT
OBJETIVO: Describir un caso de adenocarcinoma uracal con metástasis cerebrales tardías en un paciente de 61 años que consultó por molestias abdominales y hematuria de 6 meses de evolución.MÉTODO: Con la sospecha clínica de tumoración vesical se realizaron pruebas diagnósticas (citología seriada de orina, cistoscopia, ecografía abdominal y TAC abdominopélvico). Se indicó tratamiento quirúrgico.RESULTADOS: La citología de orina fué negativa. En la cistoscopia se observó una lesión infiltrante en la cúpula vesical. En la ecografía y la TAC se apreció una lesión redondeada de 5 cm, con densidad intermedia, ecos internos ycalcificaciones en la línea media supravesical anterior, que infiltraba la vejiga. El estudio de extensión no mostró hallazgos. Se realizó cistectomía parcial y linfadenectomía. El diagnóstico histopatológico fué adenocarcinoma uracal mucosecretor. Tras 5 años libre de enfermedad el paciente desarrolló metástasis pulmonar y cerebrales.CONCLUSIONES: El adenocarcinoma de uraco es un tumor que debe distinguirse del adenocarcinoma primario vesical. El tipo mucosecretor puede asociar calcificaciones detectables en las pruebas de imagen que deben hacer sospechar el diagnóstico. La presencia de metástasis tardías (tras 5 años libre de enfermedad) y sin signos de recidiva local es un hecho clinicopatológico infrecuente(AU)
OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of urachal adenocarcinoma with late brain metastases in a sixtyone year old man who presented abdominal discomfort and hematuria during six months.METHODS: The clinical suspicion was bladder tumor and diagnostic studies were performed (urinary cytology, cys-toscopy, abdominal ultrasound and abdominopelvic CT scan). Surgical treatment was performed.RESULTS: Negative urinary cytology. Cystoscopy showed a lesion with infiltration of the bladder dome. Ultrasound and CT scan showed a five centimeter rounded lesion, with intermediate density, internal echoes and calcificatio-ns on the anterior supravesical middle line, that infiltrated the bladder. The extension study had not findings. Partial cystectomy and lymphadenectomy were performed. The histopathologic diagnosis was mucin-secreting urachal adenocarcinoma.After five years without disease the patient suffered lung and brain metastases.CONCLUSIONS: Urachal adenocarcinoma is a tumor which must be distinguished of primary bladder adeno-carcinoma. The mucing-secreting adenocarcinoma can be associated with calcifications that can be demostrated on imaging studies. Late metastases without signs of local recurrence (after five years without disease) are an infrequent clinical-pathologic finding(AU)
