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Laparoscopic management of a giant adrenal cyst: case report
1Second Department of General Surgery, Taksim Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques
|February 2, 2002
Abstract:
A 22-cm left adrenal cyst in a 30-year-old woman was laparoscopically drained and then excised. The main symptom was dull left-upper-quadrant pain. Operative time was 95 minutes, and the hospital stay was 1 day. The patient returned to normal activity 7 days after surgery. Histology revealed a benign adrenal cyst. At the 3-month follow-up, ultrasonography showed the absence of any cystic recurrence, and adrenal endocrine function was normal. The advantages and disadvantages of this modality for the management of adrenal gland cysts are discussed.