ABSTRACT
Pheochromocytoma is a neuroendocrine tumor that usually develops from the chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla. Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas arise in the neural crest cells of the retroperitoneal paraganglia and renal hilum is a common site for their occurrence. We describe a 17-year-old boy, whom we believe to be the first reported case of successful laparoscopic resection of a renal hilar extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma in the setting of a circumaortic left renal vein.
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Kidney Neoplasms/complications , Kidney Neoplasms/surgery , Laparoscopy , Nephrectomy/methods , Pheochromocytoma/complications , Pheochromocytoma/surgery , Renal Veins/abnormalities , Adolescent , Aorta, Abdominal , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Congenital trcheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) without oesophageal atresia is usually diagnosed and managed in the neonatal period. Its presentation in adulthood is a rarity. Traditional treatment of a TOF in adults involves its repair via a thoracotomy. We report the case of a 23-year-old man diagnosed with an H-type TOF during workup undertaken for his symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux. This fistula located at the level of third thoracic vertebra was repaired successfully using a thoracoscopic approach.