Adrenal cysts: diagnosis and therapeutic approach
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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
J Khoda1, Y Hertzanu, G Sebbag
1Department of Surgery A, Soroka Medical Center of the Kupat Holim, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Abstract:
We report nine cases of adrenal cysts, treated in our hospital, between 1980 and 1990. The majority of the cases (5/9) were incidental findings on US and CT examinations. We operated on 4/9 cases because of their symptomatology or their size. Four other cases were managed conservatively; one last case was treated by percutaneous drainage under CT. In our series, 1/9 (11%) was a malignant cyst. The follow-up shows excellent results in the benign cases and 40 months' survival in the malignant case, until today.
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