Table 2.

Cases of primary retroperitoneal mucinous cystadenomas of borderline malignancy

Study (year)	Age (years)	Sex	Symptom	Size, image	Tumor marker	Preoperative diagnosis	History	Pathology	Extracystic extension	Therapy	Outcome
Nagata et al. [11] (1987)	41	F	Abdominal swelling, pain	12 × 10 × 9 cm	UD	UD	UD	MCAbor	No	TR	UD
Banerjee and Gough [1] (1988)	47	F	Abdominal mass	10 cm (US) next to spl.	ND	Lt adrenal tumor	App Hyst	MCAbor	No	TR, resection spl. + lt adrenal	NED
Motoyama et al. [10] (1994)	63	M	Abdominal pain	6 cm (US), under rt kidney	High CEA in cystic fluid	Rt renal cyst	NR	MCAbor	No	ND	NED
Pearl et al. [13] (1996)	33	F	Abdominal swelling, pain	Large, unilocular lt (CT)	ND	ND	NR	MCAbor	No	LR	NED, 10 months
Papadogiannakis et al. [12] (1997)	33	F	Abdominal mass	13 × 9 cm (US + CT)	ND	Mesenteric cyst	NR	MCAbor	No	TR	NED, 12 months
Chen et al. [2] (1998)	48	F	Abdominal fullness	15 × 13 × 9 cm (CT)	ND	Mesenteric cyst	NR	MCAbor	No	LR	NED,8 months
Gutsu et al. [6] (2003)	41	F	Flank pain, abdominal distension	21 × 16 cm rt (CT)	ND	Retroperitoneal cyst	NR	MCAbor	No	TR	NED, 18 months
Matsubara et al. [9] (2005)	36	F	Abdominal distension	12 × 8 cm rt (CT)	CA 125:51 CA 19-9: 55	Ovarian cyst	NR	MCAbor	No	TR, App, Myo	NED, 6 months
Present case (2007)	45	F	Abdominal pain	15 cm (US + CT)	CEA, CA125, CA19-9: normal	Cystic papillary adenocarcinoma or mucinous cystic neoplasm	Endom	MCAbor	No	TR	NED, 12 months

F Female; M male, UD unknown data, NR not remarkable, MCAbor mucinous cystadenoma borderline malignancy, TR tumor resection, LR laparoscopic resection, NED no evidence of disease, US ultrasonography, spl. spleen, App appendectomy, Hyst hysterectomy, Myo myomectomy, Endom endometriosis, rt right, lt left