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Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in asymptomatic pheochromocytoma.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9290529     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A patient with asymptomatic pheochromocytoma associated with catecholamine hypersecretion but no hypertension was treated by right laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The 63-year-old male patient was referred to us for treatment of an incidentaloma. The diameter of the adrenal tumor was 50 mm, and the peripheral blood nonrepinephrine level was 1.12 ng/ml (normal level, 0.4 ng/ml). Blood pressure was normal. A flexible electron laparoscope was used for open laparoscopy, and four trocars were inserted. The retroperitoneum was incised to the right of the inferior vena cava, and the tumor was excised. During the operation, blood pressure rose transiently, and a blocker and nitroglycerin were administered. The tumor bled extremely easily. The duration of surgery was 3 hours and 20 minutes, and blood loss was 210 ml. The excised tumor was 55 mm in diameter. The patients's postoperative course was uneventful. If the size of asymptomatic pheochromocytoma is not large, and blood pressure and cardiac function are stable, laparoscopic adrenalectomy is indicated for this type of tumor as long as it is performed by experienced surgeons.
Authors:
H Takami; H Miyoshi; S Kodaira; M Ohgami
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American surgeon     Volume:  63     ISSN:  0003-1348     ISO Abbreviation:  Am Surg     Publication Date:  1997 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-09-30     Completed Date:  1997-09-30     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370522     Medline TA:  Am Surg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  820-2     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
First Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis,  surgery*
Adrenalectomy / methods*
Humans
Intraoperative Care
Laparoscopy / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Pheochromocytoma / diagnosis,  surgery*
Time Factors

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