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A rare case of a retroperitoneal lymphangioma causing chronic flank pain in an adult

Retroperitoneal lymphangiomas are exceedingly rare and typically asymptomatic. We present a case of a 27 year-old female with chronic right flank pain and cross-sectional imaging showing a large multi-cystic mass located medial and inferior to the right kidney. The patient underwent an uncomplicated...

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Autores principales: Rezaee, Michael E., Alexakos, Steven G., Taylor, Cristina E., Santis, William F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7574047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101408
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author Rezaee, Michael E.
Alexakos, Steven G.
Taylor, Cristina E.
Santis, William F.
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description Retroperitoneal lymphangiomas are exceedingly rare and typically asymptomatic. We present a case of a 27 year-old female with chronic right flank pain and cross-sectional imaging showing a large multi-cystic mass located medial and inferior to the right kidney. The patient underwent an uncomplicated robotic-assisted, laparoscopic resection of the mass with final pathology showing a benign lymphangioma. This case highlights the importance of recognizing retroperitoneal lymphangiomas as atypical causes of chronic flank pain and demonstrates that these benign tumors can be successfully resected robotically. Given today's urology residency training, urologists are likely uniquely positioned to best manage these peri-renal lymphatic malformations.
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spelling pubmed-75740472020-10-23 A rare case of a retroperitoneal lymphangioma causing chronic flank pain in an adult Rezaee, Michael E. Alexakos, Steven G. Taylor, Cristina E. Santis, William F. Urol Case Rep Oncology Retroperitoneal lymphangiomas are exceedingly rare and typically asymptomatic. We present a case of a 27 year-old female with chronic right flank pain and cross-sectional imaging showing a large multi-cystic mass located medial and inferior to the right kidney. The patient underwent an uncomplicated robotic-assisted, laparoscopic resection of the mass with final pathology showing a benign lymphangioma. This case highlights the importance of recognizing retroperitoneal lymphangiomas as atypical causes of chronic flank pain and demonstrates that these benign tumors can be successfully resected robotically. Given today's urology residency training, urologists are likely uniquely positioned to best manage these peri-renal lymphatic malformations. Elsevier 2020-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7574047/ /pubmed/33102105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101408 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Alexakos, Steven G.
Taylor, Cristina E.
Santis, William F.
A rare case of a retroperitoneal lymphangioma causing chronic flank pain in an adult
title A rare case of a retroperitoneal lymphangioma causing chronic flank pain in an adult
title_full A rare case of a retroperitoneal lymphangioma causing chronic flank pain in an adult
title_fullStr A rare case of a retroperitoneal lymphangioma causing chronic flank pain in an adult
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of a retroperitoneal lymphangioma causing chronic flank pain in an adult
title_short A rare case of a retroperitoneal lymphangioma causing chronic flank pain in an adult
title_sort rare case of a retroperitoneal lymphangioma causing chronic flank pain in an adult
topic Oncology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7574047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101408
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