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1/127. A retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst with malignant change.

    A unique case of adenocarcinoma arising in a retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst is presented. A 55-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal discomfort. Computed tomography revealed a retroperitoneal cystic mass attached to the ascending colon. The resected cyst was unilocular and filled with milky white mucus and hemorrhagic debris. Histologically, most of the cyst wall was of well-differentiated papillary adenocarcinoma with no cyst wall invasion. Other small areas of the cyst were lined with variably atypical dysplastic/metaplastic cuboidal to pseudostratified columnar epithelium. The cyst wall was mostly hyalinized, but there was apparent thickened subepithelial basement membrane, elastosis, and a single layer of smooth muscle that suggested bronchial wall structures. A mucin staining study with O-acylated sialic acid, which is used for the demonstration of gastrointestinal, cholecystic and uterine cervical mucins, was negative for the mucin-producing epithelial cells of the cyst. Thus, to our knowledge, this is the first reported case of adenocarcinoma arising in a retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst.
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2/127. Retroperitoneal germ cell tumor treated by PVeBV chemotherapy: a case report.

    The extragonadal germ cell tumor are uncommon neoplasms which account for only 1-5% of germ cell tumors, and its prognosis is poor. We report here the use of combination chemotherapy with cisplatin, etoposide, bleomycin, and vinblastine (PVeBV) for the treatment of retroperitoneal germ cell tumor. A 28-year-old male with complaints of abdominal pain and lumbago, without any abnormality in both testes by physical and ultrasonographic examination, showed retroperitoneal tumor by abdominal computed tomography. The serum alpha-fetoprotein and lactate dehydrogenase were elevated. The retroperitoneal tumor was treated surgically. The pathological diagnosis was mixed germ cell tumor. The lung and supraclavicular lymph node metastases disappeared completely after 3 courses of PVeBV chemotherapy with cisplatin (40 mg/m2 per day) and etoposide (100 mg/m2 per day) for 5 consecutive days, with vinblastine (0.2 mg/kg) on day 1, and bleomycin (30 mg/body) given on days 1, 8, and 15. granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and serotonin receptor antagonist application were available on acute phase toxic effects. The patient is now alive and well, without recurrence, more than 26 months after the operation.
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3/127. Endocrinologically active retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma with positive iodine-131-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy.

    BACKGROUND: A case of retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma incidentally found by ultrasonography in a 56-year old woman is presented. methods/RESULTS: Computed tomography revealed a solid round tumor 6 cm in diameter on the upper pole of the right kidney. iodine-131-metaiodobenzylguanidine weakly accumulated in the tumor 24 and 48 h after the injection. Her serum catecholamines were within normal limits apart from slightly elevated norepinephrine at one of the two examinations. During the operation her serum epinephrine and dopamine levels were elevated to about 50 and 800 times higher than pre-operative values, respectively. CONCLUSION: This case is a rare ganglioneuroma in an adult patient that is endocrinologically active.
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4/127. Horseshoe kidney presenting as a retroperitoneal mass. Report of a case diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology.

    BACKGROUND: Horseshoe kidney is a renal congenital anomaly. It is the result of the fusion of either upper or lower poles of both kidneys, appearing as a horseshoe-shaped structure. This anomaly is very frequent: it can be found in about 1 of every 50-1,000 autopsies). CASE: Computed tomography performed routinely after pancreatitis in a 37-year-old female showed a retroperitoneal mass of uncertain origin. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) smears evidenced normal renal tissue. urography confirmed the diagnosis of horseshoe kidney. CONCLUSION: This is the first reported case of horseshoe kidney diagnosed by FNAC. It demonstrates the utility of FNAC for diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses, especially if they are asymptomatic.
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5/127. bronchogenic cyst. A rare differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal tumors.

    Subdiaphragmatic bronchogenic cysts are rare, and those located retroperitoneally are exceptional. A review of the English-language literature revealed only 16 reported cases. We describe an additional case of a retroperitoneal cyst presenting as an asymptomatic adrenal mass and discuss clinical, radiographic, surgical and pathological findings as well as its embryological background.
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6/127. Retroperitoneal extraosseous osteosarcoma. A case report and review of literature.

    Extraosseous osteogenic sarcoma is a rare and highly malignant neoplasm. A 57 year old male patient presented with a mass in the abdomen involving the left lumber region. The ultrasound and computerized tomography (CT) scan showed a large mass arising from upper pole of the left kidney. Left radical nephrectomy was performed in April 1995. Histopathology report revealed a high grade extraosseous osteogenic sarcoma. Patient was disease free for 23 months. Although the prognosis is grave, aggressive surgical treatment with adjuvant therapy helps in prolonging the survival.
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7/127. Retroperitoneal schwannoma presenting as an adrenal tumor.

    A retroperitoneal tumor in the region of the adrenal gland was diagnosed in a 56-year-old woman. The patient had been suffering from a dull abdominal pain for nearly four weeks before consulting her family physician. Ultrasound, CT and MRI scans revealed a giant tumor of the right adrenal gland. Endocrine activity could not be demonstrated. The size of the tumor was suggestive of an adrenal carcinoma. The patient was referred for adrenalectomy and complete exstirpation of the retroperitoneal mass. The histological examination revealed characteristical findings of a benign schwannoma.
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8/127. Medical management of unresectable, recurrent low-grade retroperitoneal liposarcoma: integration of cytotoxic and non-cytotoxic therapies into multimodality care.

    Liposarcomas of the retroperitoneum are rare tumors, and best managed by an expert multidisciplinary team consisting of a surgical oncologist with appropriate medical oncology and radiation oncology collaboration. For large tumors, surgical excision with wide margins is difficult to achieve, and even wide margins cannot ensure that microscopic remnants of residual disease will not grow back in the future. For these reasons, even following expert resection, local recurrence is common. For patients with recurrent and unresectable liposarcoma, treating the sarcoma while maintaining quality of life becomes the major therapeutic goal. Importantly, patients with advanced recurrent disease demonstrate the need for multidisciplinary team involvement, with timely consideration of palliative surgical, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy options. Such patients also represent ideal candidates for investigational approaches aimed at identifying new agents with which to treat this disease. In addition to the development of new cytotoxic agents, patients may be candidates for novel strategies such as differentiation therapies or anti-angiogenic approaches. The recent explosion of knowledge regarding the cytogenetics, molecular, and cellular biology of liposarcomas allows us to remain positive that new translational therapies will be developed to improve the clinical outcomes of patients with these diseases. Current strategies, such as the use of PPARgamma ligands to differentiate liposarcomas, will soon be tested in major national collaborative trials, and the cooperation of surgeons and medical oncologists at all levels of community and academic practice will be crucial to obtain answers in this field. This review will summarize an illustrative case in the process of describing the natural history and potential interventions which should be considered for patients with this disease.
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9/127. Cytologic finding of chyloascites in lymphangioleiomyomatosis. A case report.

    BACKGROUND: lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare disease, histologically characterized by an abnormal proliferation of smooth muscle around the lymphatics. lung is the most common site of involvement, and patients usually present with dyspnea, chest pain, and cough. Chylous pleural effusion and ascites occasionally appear during the course of the disease. There are only a few reports on the cytologic findings in this disease. To our knowledge, the cytologic findings of chylous pleural effusion and chyloascites have not been reported before. CASE: A 23-year-old female presented with chylothorax, chyloascites and a retroperitoneal mass. Cytologic examination of chylous pleural effusion and chyloascites revealed numerous cohesive and thick clusters of cells with a high nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio, oval nuclei and slightly increased chromatin content. mitosis and necrosis were not observed. Exploratory laparotomy and transbronchial lung biopsy were performed, and the histologic diagnosis was lymphangioleiomyomatosis involving the retroperitoneal lymph nodes, uterine fundus and lungs. immunohistochemistry showed that the characteristic clusters in chylous fluids were positive for alpha-smooth muscle actin. CONCLUSION: A diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis is possible from cytologic findings of effusions with the aid of clinical findings.
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10/127. A mediastinal hemangioma, associated with perirenal hemangioma and congenital anomaly of the inferior vena cava.

    In a 40-year-old man, a mediastinal hemangioma was discovered intially as a compression of the esophagus by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Furthermore, perirenal hemangioma and inferior vena cava (IVC) malformation were stimultaneously found. Hemangiomas, which occur in the mediastinal and perirenal area, are extremely uncommon and congenital IVC malformation, like the present case, has not been reported. We review the literature of these vascular abnormalities.
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