ganglioneuromas presented as a retroperitoneal tumor around the vital organs is a rare entity. a case with unusual presentation is reported. young woman of 44 years old presented without any complaint ,that known during incidental abdominopelvic ultrasonography. it was treated with partial resection for debulking surgery. debulking surgery with preservation of organ functions is feasible in the...

A case of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma is presented. An 18-year-old male was admitted with the complaint of giant scrotal swelling and abdominal fullness on September 5, 1986. Left radical orchiectomy was performed with the pathologic diagnosis of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. The tumor was paratesticular in location and had invaded a spermatic cord. Radiological examination showed a gross meta...

To cite: Shahizon AMM, Mohd Zaki F, Julian MR, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013200862 DESCRIPTION We present images of an infected and ruptured retroperitoneal teratoma in an 8-month-old baby girl, who presented with a 2-week history of lowgrade intermittent fever and failure to thrive. On arrival at the hospital, she was lethargic, febr...

Background. Primary serous cystadenoma with bordline malignancy in the retroperitoneum is extremely rare entity. To our best knowledge, this is the first report in the world literature. The histogenesis is still unclear although several theories have been proposed. Such tumors are histologically similar to ovarian serous cystadenomas. Case presentation. A 28-year-old woman presented with a six-...

Introduction: We report an interesting case of a 67-year-old female presented with symptomatic cholelithiasis and was found to have an occult retroperitoneal sarcoma on work up. Case Report: A 67-year-old female was referred to the surgery clinic by the gynecology service for symptomatic cholelithiasis. On examination, she was moderately obese with mild right upper quadrant tenderness and a red...

Primary retroperitoneal transitional cell carcinomas (TCCs) are extremely rare neoplasms for which prognosis is very poor. We present a case that underwent complete remission after radiotherapy and concurrent oral chemotherapy. A 68-year-old woman presented with acute onset of bloody stool. Urgent colonoscopy only detected haemorrhoids. Subsequent abdominal ultrasonography revealed a mass of 7 ...

INTRODUCTION Retroperitoneal neoplasms are rare and easily misdiagnosed. These tumors are often discovered incidentally during imaging studies performed for other reasons. Paragangliomas are tumors that arise from extra-adrenal medullary neural crest derivatives. They are usually located in the head and neck but can be found in various body sites, including the chest cavity, abdomen, pelvis and...

INTRODUCTION Aggressive angiomyxoma is a rare myxedematous mesenchymal tumor that mainly occurs in the female pelvis and perineum. The principle of treatment for aggressive angiomyxoma is surgical excision. The tumor can be removed by local excision alone when it occurs locally on the perineum. However, it cannot be completely excised by a perineal approach alone when it passes through the peri...

Objective: To describe the primary carcinoma of the retroperitoneum that was positive for human papillomavirus (HPV), a surrogate molecular marker for high-risk HPV (p16) and p53. Methods: This is a case report. Results: We report a case of 50year-old woman with a large retroperitoneal mass (squamous cell carcinoma on histology) that was treated in September of 2014 with radical concurrent chem...