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Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy in an infant with adrenocortical virilizing tumor
Marcos Tobias-Machado1, Jairo Cartum, Telma Murias Santos-Machado
1Department of Urology, Pediatric Oncology and surgery, Faculty of Medicine of ABC, São Pablo, Brazil. telmamsm@icr.hcnet.usp.br
Context:
Adrenocortical virilizing tumors are rare in the pediatric age group. Laparoscopic surgery is the gold standard method for treatment of adrenal functional tumors under 6 cm in size, in adults. There has been very little use of laparoscopy in children and there is no report of its application in the treatment of adrenal carcinoma in childhood.
Design:
Case report.
Case Report:
We performed the first laparoscopic resection using retroperitoneal access for the treatment of an adrenocortical virilizing tumor in a pediatric patient. We believe that retroperitoneoscopic access is a viable and promising option for the treatment of adrenal tumors in children.