Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for bilateral pheochromocytoma: a case report

We report a case of bilateral (2.4-cm left and 6.5-cm right) adrenal pheochromocytoma in a 27-year-old man that was treated by laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The patient had no evidence of multiple endocrine neoplasia, type II. The left adrenalectomy was performed first, with the patient in a semilateral position, and then the patient was turned before the procedure was begun on the right side. His postoperative convalescence was uneventful, and he continues corticosteroid replacement therapy. Transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy can be a safe procedure for bilateral pheochromocytoma, if the patients are carefully selected and the procedures are performed by experienced laparoscopists.