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WILLIAM J. ENGEL, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1955;70(2):156-160.

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THIS SYMPOSIUM on retroperitoneal tumors concerns itself with the clinical aspects of diagnosis and treatment. The classification to be presented has been designed as an aid to the clinician who is called upon to make an identification of a questionable tumor. The term tumor will be used in the broad sense of any morbid enlargement or swelling, and, while pathologic types are included, no attempt is made to include all the many histopathologic types of tumors which have been reported in the literature.

For the clinician, retroperitoneal tumors must include all tumors occurring in the retroperitoneal space. This space is bounded by the diaphragm above and the brim of the true pelvis below, and it lies between the posterior peritoneum in front and the muscles of the abdominal wall behind. Many cases of these tumors are first brought to the physician's attention because of a palpable mass in the abdomen. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Cleveland

From the Department of Urology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and The Frank E. Bunts Educational Institute, Cleveland.

Footnotes
Read in the Symposium on Retroperitoneal Tumors before the Joint Meeting of the Section on Radiology and the Section on Urology at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, June 23, 1954.

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