title: Symptomatic perirenal serous cysts of müllerian origin mimicking renal cysts on CT.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to describe the clinical presentation, CT appearance, and management of a series of symptomatic perirenal serous cysts of müllerian origin, confirmed by laparoscopic resection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Perirenal serous cysts of müllerian origin are uncommon lesions that may present as large symptomatic perirenal cystic masses mimicking exophytic renal cysts on CT. Serous cyst of müllerian origin should be considered in the differential diagnosis when CT reveals a large solitary perirenal cyst in a woman with flank or abdominal pain or both. Laparoscopic resection may be an effective treatment of such cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of California-San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0738, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas X
authors.initials: TX
authors.lastname: Minor
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Andrew E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Horvai
authors.forename: Harrison M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Abrahams
authors.forename: Maxwell V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Marshall L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Stoller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009095:Mullerian Ducts; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed