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Table 1 Related reports of acute abdomen induced by paraganglioma and myelolipoma since 2008

From: Haemorrhagic retroperitoneal paraganglioma initially manifesting as acute abdomen: a rare case report and literature review

Author

Year

Age/sex

Sympotems

Imaging

Diagnosic biosy

Diagnosed preoperatively

Location

Size, cm

Therpy

Pathology

Yau et al. [11]

2008

76/male

Sudden onset of right lower quadrant pain

Abdominal US, CT and MRI

No

No

Retroperitoneal space

5.5

Surgical resection

Paraganglioma

Zieker et al. [65]

2008

75/male

Abdominal pain and mild diarrhea

Abdominal CT and MRI

No

No

Inferior to the right kidney

7 × 5x7

Laparotomy

Myelolipoma

Dann et al. [69]

2008

82/female

Lower abdominal pain

Abdominal CT

No

Yes

Presacral space

4.5 × 3.5

Surgical resection

Myelolipoma

Hernández-Amate et al. [70]

2008

64/female

Vague abdominal pain

Abdominal CT

Yes

NA

Presacral space

8 × 6.5

Conservative management

Myelolipoma

Shereen et al. [71]

2009

85/female

Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting

Abdominal CT

No

No

Presacral space

12 × 10 × 6.5

Surgical resection

Myelolipoma

Gill et al. [72]

2010

71/female

Cramping bilateral lower quadrant abdominal pain

Abdominal CT and MRI

Yes

Yes

Presacral space

NC

Surgical resection

Myelolipoma

Maria et al. [73]

2014

84/male

Longstanding pelvic pain

Abdominal CT and MRI

No

No

Presacral space

5 × 3 × 4

Surgical resection

Myelolipoma

Fourati et al. [74]

2015

40/female

Abdominal pain

Abdominal CT and MRI

Yes

NA

Presacral space

11.5 × 8.5 × 5

Conservative management

Myelolipoma

Lee et al. [75]

2016

69/female

Chronic nonspecific abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting

Abdominal CT and MRI

Yes

Yes

Presacral space

7.6

NC

Myelolipoma

Cho et al. [76]

2018

70/female

Ongoing pelvic pain

Abdominal US, CT and MRI

No

No

Presacral space

4.2 × 3.9 × 3

Surgical resection

Myelolipoma

  1. CT computed tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, US ultrasound, NA not available, NC Not clear