Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy in an infant with adrenocortical virilizing tumor
Tobias-Machado, Marcos; Cartum, Jairo; Santos-Machado, Telma Murias; Gaspar, Heloísa Amaral; Simöes, Alexandre Sibanto; Cruz, Ricardo; Rodrigues, Renata; Juliano, Roberto Vaz; Wroclawski, Eric Roger.
São Paulo med. j
; 120(3): 87-89, May 2002. ilus
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| LILACS | ID: lil-312172
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.
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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
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