Intradiaphragmatic Cyst

Abstract

THE interest of the surgeon in retroperitoneal tumors of the upper abdomen has been stimulated in recent years by the newer methods developed for diagnosis and by the improved technics for operative exposure and removal of these lesions. Aortography, precoccygeal pneumography and the tests of adrenal function have been especially helpful.Among the more common tumors of this area are those of the kidney and adrenal gland although echinococcus cysts and lesions of adjacent organs, such as the liver and pancreas, occasionally occupy the region and displace the kidney or its excretory channels. In addition, a group of cysts arise . . .