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-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 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm3 in size, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case to be reported in in Korea.
Min
Byung Wook
BW
Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Jong Man
JM
Um
Jun Won
JW
Lee
Eung Seok
ES
Son
Gil Soo
GS
Kim
Seung Joo
SJ
Moon
Hong Young
HY
D000328:Adult; D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery