title: A huge mucinous cystadenoma of ovarian: a rare case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of a 63-years-old woman with a ten years history of increasing abdominal girth with associated abdominal pain. Abdomino-pelvic ultrasound and computed tomography scan revealed a large left ovarian cyst. The patient underwent laparotomy, resection of ovarian cyst and hysterectomy with bilateral ovarian resection. The removed huge mucinous cystadenoma, weighed 27 kg. Her post-operative course was unremarkable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Lugano , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Posabella
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Lugano , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Galetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Lugano , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Engelberger
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Lugano , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giovannacci
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Regional Hospital of Lugano , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gyr
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Regional Hospital of Lugano , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosso
keywords: abdominal distention; abdominal masses; mucinous cystadenoma; ovarian cyst; ovarian tumors