title: Analysis of retroperitoneal tumors operated on in a gynecology clinic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the patients with retroperitoneal tumors that presented as pelvic mass and were operated on in our gynecology clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Records of 16 patients were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients had a palpable mass on physical examination and abdominal pain was the most frequent symptom. The median diameter of the tumors was 15 cm. The postoperative histopathology of the patients was leiomyosarcoma in nine, retroperitoneal fibrosis in three, and paraganglioma, hamartoma, and dermoid cyst in three patients. All the tumors were excised almost completely. The incorrect preoperative diagnosis of the patients in this study is due to the presentation of the patients with non-specific symptoms and not considering the less common differential diagnosis of a pelvic mass.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For clinical signs of vascular or rectal displacement, or where there is evidence of ureteric obstruction, retroperitoneal pathology should be kept in mind.
authors: Department of Gynecology, Association of Social Insurance Ankara Maternity Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. akayikci@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors: Fulya
authors: F
authors: Kayikcioglu
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Haberal
authors: Gamze
authors: G
authors: Caglar
authors: Sevgi
authors: S
authors: Koc
authors: Muzeyyen
authors: M
authors: Gunes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014463:Ultrasonography