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Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in left adrenal tumor

Siavash Falahatkar
Endourology Urolaparascopy
Urology Research CenterGuilan University of Medical Sciences
adrenalectomylaparoscopyadrenal tumor


Summary

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is now the gold standard method for the treatment of adrenal tumors. Less blood loss, less pain, and better cosmetic results are some of the advantages of this method.

Main Description

The case is a 52-year old woman who had dull abdominal pain preferably in left side for several months without nausea or vomiting and did not have a prior history of urinary tract disease or neurologic events. The laboratory tests were normalComputed tomography demonstrated left (6.5×7cm) and right (1×2.5cm ) well outlined adrenal masses  containing fat density. MRI, the masses demonstrated high signal intensity on both T1 and T2-weighted images and fat suppression on fat-suppressed images.


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