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Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for unsuspected unilateral primary adrenal lymphoma
Alexis Smith1, Daniel Eyvazzadeh, Stephen M Kavic
1Division of General Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.
Background:
Rarely, a patient presents to a surgeon for evaluation of an adrenal incidentaloma where the final pathology is primary malignancy. For primary adrenal lymphoma, fewer than 100 cases have been reported in the literature.
Case Report:
We report a case of unilateral primary adrenal aggressive B cell lymphoma discovered incidentally in a 41-year-old female. Preoperative testing demonstrated the 6-cm mass to be biochemically silent. Subsequently, the patient underwent a laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Following pathologic diagnosis of B cell lymphoma, a metastatic workup was negative, and she underwent treatment with systemic chemotherapy. She is currently disease free 6 months postoperatively.
Conclusion:
Primary adrenal lymphoma should be considered in patients with unilateral adrenal incidentaloma. We believe that adherence to guidelines of resection of incidentalomas allowed for early surgical intervention and possible cure.
