title: Unusual cause of acute abdomen --- ruptured retroperitoneal paraganglioma.
abstract: Ruptured retroperitoneal paraganglioma is a rare cause of acute abdomen. Its clinical presentation and laparoscopic features have seldom been reported in the literature. Herein, we report a case of ruptured retroperitoneal paraganglioma that presented as acute abdomen, and its subsequent management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong SAR. yaukk1@ha.org.hk
authors.forename: Kwok-Kay
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Yau
authors.forename: Wing-Tai
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Siu
authors.forename: Michael Ka-Wah
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000150:complications*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous