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Case Reports
. 2008 Jan;31(1):32-5.
doi: 10.1016/S1015-9584(08)60053-6.

Unusual cause of acute abdomen --- ruptured retroperitoneal paraganglioma

Kwok-Kay Yau  1 , Wing-Tai Siu, Michael Ka-Wah Li
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Case Reports

Unusual cause of acute abdomen --- ruptured retroperitoneal paraganglioma

Kwok-Kay Yau et al. Asian J Surg. 2008 Jan.
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Abstract

Ruptured retroperitoneal paraganglioma is a rare cause of acute abdomen. Its clinical presentation and laparoscopic features have seldom been reported in the literature. Herein, we report a case of ruptured retroperitoneal paraganglioma that presented as acute abdomen, and its subsequent management.

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