A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPICALLY RESECTED RETROPERITONEAL PARAGANGLIOMA

Case note: retroperitoneal nonfunctioning paraganglioma.

Paragangliomas are extra-adrenal chromaffin tumours that develop at the expense of neuroectodermal cells of the autonomous nervous system. Retroperitoneal and nonfunctioning forms are very rare. They are often asymptomatic and can reach a substantial size. Treatment usually involves surgery with the goal of total excision. We report the case of a patient who presented with indistinct abdominal ...

Retroperitoneal non-functioning paraganglioma: A case report

Sporadic Gastric Carcinoid Tumor Laparoscopically Resected: A Case Report

Sporadic gastric carcinoid tumors are relatively infrequent malignancies of the stomach. Tumors measuring less than 1 cm can sometimes be safely removed endoscopically; however, larger neoplasias require surgical ablation. The present case report represents a gastric carcinoid tumor laparoscopically resected in a patient with a history of hematemesis. The tumor was first marked endoscopically w...

Laparoscopically Assisted Retroperitoneal Spinal Surgery

BACKGROUND Laparoscopically assisted spinal surgery has been reported in several series to be safe and effective. We completed a retrospective chart review of patients who underwent laparoscopically assisted retroperitoneal spinal surgery. METHODS Between April 1996 and June 2004, 124 patients underwent laparoscopically assisted anterior spinal fusion with a retroperitoneal and gasless approa...

Management dilemmas of retroperitoneal paraganglioma: report of a case.

A 17-year-old boy presented to emergency department with abdominal pain in the left upper quadrant along with a palpable mass. A CT scan revealed a 10 x 8.5 cm mass in the retroperitoneal area, suggestive of a sarcoma. The patient underwent surgical resection of the lesion, the histological examination of which confirmed a paraganglioma. An 131I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scan excluded dist...