| A case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal gland endometriosis. | |
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PMID: 18339378 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To present a case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University Hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty-eight-year-old woman with left-sided abdominal and flank pain. INTERVENTION(S): Laparoscopic radical adrenalectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Diagnosis and surgical approach to adrenal endometriosis. RESULT(S): There have been two case reports of adrenal endometriosis. Based on a search of Medline and Google for "adrenal endometriosis," this is the first known successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis. CONCLUSION(S): We report the first case of successful laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the treatment of endometriosis. |
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Authors:
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Jamil Rehman; Gazi Yildirim; Sardar A Khan; Bilal Chughtai; Farr Nezhat |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Date: 2008-03-12 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Fertility and sterility Volume: 90 ISSN: 1556-5653 ISO Abbreviation: Fertil. Steril. Publication Date: 2008 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-11-10 Completed Date: 2008-12-10 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372772 Medline TA: Fertil Steril Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2015.e7-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Urology, SUNY-Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA. |
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Abdominal Pain
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etiology,
surgery Adrenal Gland Diseases / complications, pathology, surgery* Adrenalectomy / methods* Endometriosis / complications, pathology, surgery* Female Flank Pain / etiology, surgery Humans Laparoscopy* Middle Aged Treatment Outcome |
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