Retroperitoneal lipoma arising from the urinary bladder

Retroperitoneal benign lipomas are extremely rare and represent about 2.9% of all primary retroperitoneal tumors. About 80% of the tumors in the retroperitoneal cavities are malignant neoplasms. We experienced a case of a retroperitoneal lipoma simulating an ovarian mature cystic teratoma. A diagnos...

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Main Authors: Hisato Kobayashi, Hiroshi Ozasa, Masaya Hirose, Tomoyuki Shirase, Tomoko Kim, Michikazu Nagura, Fumitomo Nishimura, Yukio Yamanishi, Megimi Ohnaka, Naoyuki Miyagawa, Masafumi Koshiyama, Shingo Ukita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-07-01
Series:Rare Tumors
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/1051