Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for a large adrenal cyst

Cystic masses/lesions of the adrenal gland are becoming common as a result of improved imaging facilities and techniques. Adrenal pseudocysts are rare neoplasms which occur more frequently in young and middle-aged women. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is considered the gold standard treatment for benign...

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Published in:Journal of clinical sciences 2019-07, Vol.16 (3), p.98-100
Main Authors: Balogun, Olanrewaju, Jeje, Emmanuel, Bolarinwa, Badmos, Fatuga, Adedeji
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adrenal
adrenalectomy
incidentalomas
laparoscopic
pseudocysts
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Summary:Cystic masses/lesions of the adrenal gland are becoming common as a result of improved imaging facilities and techniques. Adrenal pseudocysts are rare neoplasms which occur more frequently in young and middle-aged women. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is considered the gold standard treatment for benign adrenal lesions. This review describes our first experience and challenges of laparoscopic treatment of a large nonfunctional adrenal pseudocyst in a 41-year-old female. She presented with bothersome right flank pain and a computed tomography diagnosis of a calcified right adrenal cystic mass with benign features. She had laparoscopic right adrenalectomy, and the histopathological diagnosis of the cyst was confirmed as an adrenal pseudocyst.
ISSN:2468-6859
2408-7408
DOI:10.4103/jcls.jcls_101_18