Fish bone perforation into a patent urachus mimicking urachal carcinoma: Case report

Ingestion of foreign body may induce complications such as perforation, impaction, or penetration. Diagnosis rarely made preoperatively due to clinical symptoms are usually nonspecific and can mimic other surgical conditions. A 69-year-old male presented to emergency department with vague abdominal pain for few days. Following a clinical evaluation and computed tomography scan of the abdomen, provisional diagnosis of urachal carcinoma was made. As the result of urachal excision with partial cystectomy including fishbone were resected, pathology revealed benign urothelium.