Article Menu

Export Article

More by Authors Links

Article Data

  • Views 218
  • Dowloads 107

Case Reports

Open Access

Pelvic retroperitoneal paraganglioma mimicking an ovanan mass

  • E. Kuscu1
  • M. Oktem1,*,
  • D. Eroglu1
  • A. Haberal1
  • B. Bilezikci2
  • B. Demirhan2

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ankara, Turkey

2Department c)fPathology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200502219 Vol.26,Issue 2,March 2005 pp.219-220

Published: 10 March 2005

*Corresponding Author(s): M. Oktem E-mail:

PDF (266.78 kB)

Abstract

A 75-year-old hypertensive woman was referred with ultrasound findings of a 40 x 35 mm semi-solid right adnexal mass and right hydroureteronephrosis. She complained of headache and right-sided back pain. Computed tomography demonstrated a cystic adnexal mass that did not appear to originate from the right ovary and grade 2 hydroureteronephrosis. Magnetic resonance imaging indicated that the mass originated from the right ovary. Tumor markers were in the normal range. Exploratory laparotomy was performed to determine the origin of the lesion, and revealed a retroperitoneal mass obstructing the right ureter. The mass was completely removed and and the histopathologic diagnosis was paraganglioma.

Keywords

Paraganglioma; Pelvic retroperitoneal mass; Extra-adrenal; Pheochromocytoma; Catecholamine

Cite and Share

E. Kuscu,M. Oktem,D. Eroglu,A. Haberal,B. Bilezikci,B. Demirhan. Pelvic retroperitoneal paraganglioma mimicking an ovanan mass. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2005. 26(2);219-220.

URL:

https://www.ejgo.net/articles/10.12892/ejgo200502219

References

[1] Landsberg L., Young J.B.: "Pheochromocytoma". In: Fucci A.S., Braunwald E., Isselbacher K.J., Wilson J.D., Martin J.B., Kasper D.L., Hauser S.L., Longo D.L. (eds.). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 14th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998, 2057.

[2] Krane N.K.: "Clinically unsuspected pheochromocytomas. Experience at Henry Ford Hospital and a review of the literature". Arch. Intern. Med., 1986, 146, 54.

[3] Lane R.H., Stephens D.H., Reiman H.M.: "Primary retroperitoneal neoplasms: CT findings in 90 cases with clinical and pathological correlation". Am. J. Radiol., 1989, 152, 83.

[4] Hull C.J.: "Pheochromocytoma. Diagnosis, preoperative preparation and anaesthetic management". Br. J. Anaesth., 1986, 58, 1453.

[5] Pullerits J., Ein S., Balfe J.W.: "Anaesthesia for pheaochromocytoma". Can J. Anaesth., 1988, 35, 526.

Abstracted / indexed in

Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch) Created as SCI in 1964, Science Citation Index Expanded now indexes over 9,500 of the world’s most impactful journals across 178 scientific disciplines. More than 53 million records and 1.18 billion cited references date back from 1900 to present.

Biological Abstracts Easily discover critical journal coverage of the life sciences with Biological Abstracts, produced by the Web of Science Group, with topics ranging from botany to microbiology to pharmacology. Including BIOSIS indexing and MeSH terms, specialized indexing in Biological Abstracts helps you to discover more accurate, context-sensitive results.

Google Scholar Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.

JournalSeek Genamics JournalSeek is the largest completely categorized database of freely available journal information available on the internet. The database presently contains 39226 titles. Journal information includes the description (aims and scope), journal abbreviation, journal homepage link, subject category and ISSN.

Current Contents - Clinical Medicine Current Contents - Clinical Medicine provides easy access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information and all other significant items in recently published issues from over 1,000 leading journals in clinical medicine.

BIOSIS Previews BIOSIS Previews is an English-language, bibliographic database service, with abstracts and citation indexing. It is part of Clarivate Analytics Web of Science suite. BIOSIS Previews indexes data from 1926 to the present.

Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition aims to evaluate a journal’s value from multiple perspectives including the journal impact factor, descriptive data about a journal’s open access content as well as contributing authors, and provide readers a transparent and publisher-neutral data & statistics information about the journal.

Submission Turnaround Time

Conferences

Top