Primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenoma: Report of a case and review of the literature

Table 1 Cases of primary RMC in the English literature since 1970

Reference	Sex	Age	Symptom	Tumor size (cm)	Preoperative diagnosis	Tumor markers	Operation	Outcome (mo)
1	Woman	35	Fullness	14	ND	ND	Right retroperitoneal approach	ND
2	Woman	39	Asymptomatic mass	10 × 9 × 5	ND	ND	Exploratory laparoscopy	ND
3	Woman	18	Flatulence	11 × 8 × 7	ND	Elevated CA199	Laparotomy	ND
	Woman	85	Periumbilical pain	21 × 14 × 8	Ovarian cyst	ND	Laparotomy	ND
4	Woman	25	Asymptomatic mass	30 × 25 × 10	Ovarian cystic mass	ND	Laparotomy	ND
5	Woman	19	Asymptomatic mass	6 × 10	Mesenteric cyst	ND	Celiotomy	NR (18)
6	Woman	26	Asymptomatic mass	22 × 16 × 10	ND	ND	Laparotomy	ND
7	Woman	58	Asymptomatic mass	7	ND	ND	Laparotomy	ND
8	Woman	44	Asymptomatic mass	30 × 20 × 14	ND	CA125:75 IU/mL	Laparotomy	ND
9	Woman	48	Fullness	15 × 13 × 9	Mesenteric cyst	ND	Laparoscopic resection	NR (8)
11	Woman	68	Asymptomatic mass	8 × 8	Renal cyst	ND	Laparotomy	ND
12	Woman	43	Backache	12 × 11 × 6.5	ND	ND	Laparotomy	NR (16)
	Woman	25	Abdominal pain	10	ND	ND	Gastrectomy	Died 17 d postop
							Splenectomy, nephrectomy
14	Woman	45	Asymptomatic mass	9 × 6.5	ND	Normal	celiotomy	NR (3)
15	Woman	14	Asymptomatic	13 × 9 × 15	Mesenteric cyst	ND	Laparotomy	NR (13)
					Cystic teratoma
16	Woman	38	Vague abdominal discomfort	10.0 × 7.5 × 5.5	ND	Normal	Celiotomy	NR (12)
17	Woman	32	Asymptomatic mass	11 × 7	ND	ND	Celiotomy	NR (19)
18	Woman	21	Abdominal discomfort	10 × 5.5 × 6	ND	ND	Laparotomy	ND
19	Woman	28	Left flank pain	9 × 10 × 10.9	Renal cyst	ND	ND	ND
Present case	Woman	29	Abdominal pain, mass	20 × 14 × 6	Retroperitoneal cystic mass	Normal	Laparotomy	NR (24)

ND: Not described; NR: No recurrence.