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The First Case of Primary Retroperitoneal Mucinous Cystadenoma in Korea: A Case Report

Primary mucinous cystic cystadenomas of the retroperitoneum are very rarely encountered, and there have been only about 30 cases reported in the literature. The histogenesis of primary mucinous cystadenomas is unclear. Most authors suggested that it develops through mucinous metaplasia in a pre-exis...

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Autores principales: Min, Byung Wook, Kim, Jong Man, Um, Jun Won, Lee, Eung Seok, Son, Gil Soo, Kim, Seung Joo, Moon, Hong Young
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15683120
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2004.19.4.282
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Sumario:Primary mucinous cystic cystadenomas of the retroperitoneum are very rarely encountered, and there have been only about 30 cases reported in the literature. The histogenesis of primary mucinous cystadenomas is unclear. Most authors suggested that it develops through mucinous metaplasia in a pre-existing mesothelium-lined cyst. Complete surgical excision is the only treatment and it is required for the final diagnosis and cure. We present here a case report of a 38-year-old Korean woman with primary retroperitoneal cystadenoma. It was a thin-walled, multilocular cyst with a dominant loculus that measured 10.0×7.5×5.5 cm(3) in size, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported in in Korea.