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Congenital and Acquired Nonneoplastic Retroperitoneal Disorders

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Congenital and acquired nonneoplastic retroperitoneal disorders consist of abdominal aortic aneurysm, thrombus of the inferior vena cava, psoas abscess, retroperitoneal fibrosis, pancreatic pseudocyst, lymphocele, urinoma, bronchogenic cyst, Müllerian cyst, epidermoid cyst, tailgut cyst, Castleman’s disease, fetus in fetu, duplication cyst, retroperitoneal hemorrhage, amyloidosis, extramedullary hematopoiesis, retroperitoneal varices, Erdheim-Chester disease, fat necrosis, and retroperitoneal air. In this chapter imaging findings and pathological features of nonneoplastic retroperitoneal disorders are described.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Dokuz Eylül University Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

    Oğuz Dicle MD

  2. Department of Radiology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

    Suat Fitoz MD

  3. Division of Anatomic Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Gregory T. MacLennan MD

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    Vikram S. Dogra

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    Gregory T. MacLennan

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Dicle, O., Fitoz, S., MacLennan, G.T. (2013). Congenital and Acquired Nonneoplastic Retroperitoneal Disorders. In: Dogra, V., MacLennan, G. (eds) Genitourinary Radiology: Male Genital Tract, Adrenal and Retroperitoneum. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4899-9_12

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