Retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenoma

Dolores Arribas; Alfonso Cay; Alberto Latorre; Elena Córdoba; Fernando Martínez; Javier Lagos

doi:10.1007/s00404-003-0515-8

Retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenoma

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2004 Dec;270(4):292-3. doi: 10.1007/s00404-003-0515-8. Epub 2003 Aug 19.

Authors

Dolores Arribas¹, Alfonso Cay, Alberto Latorre, Elena Córdoba, Fernando Martínez, Javier Lagos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Hospital of Alcañiz, Lasierra Purroy 118 4 E, 50007 Zaragoza, Spain. [email protected]

PMID: 12928934
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0515-8

Abstract

Introduction: Retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenomas are rare tumors. Only 25 cases have been reported in the English literature until 2002. The histogenesis is unclear, diagnosis is never made preoperatively and surgery is the only treatment.

Case report: We report an additional case.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cystadenoma, Mucinous / diagnostic imaging*
Cystadenoma, Mucinous / pathology
Cystadenoma, Mucinous / surgery*
Female
Humans
Laparoscopy
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / pathology
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / surgery*
Ultrasonography