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Simultaneous bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy in ACTH‐independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia
Author(s) -
Shinbo Hitoshi,
Suzuki Kazuo,
Sato Takashi,
Kageyama Shinji,
Fujita Tomomi,
Fujita Kimio
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.2001.00305.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bilateral adrenalectomy , adrenalectomy , hyperplasia
Laparoscopic surgery for urological conditions has now become popular worldwide. The case is reported of a 56‐year‐old woman who underwent simultaneous bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy for adrenocorticotropic hormone‐independent macronodular adrenocortical hyperplasia (AIMAH), followed by autotransplantation of resected adrenal gland fragments. Simultaneous laparoscopic adrenalectomies seem feasible for a patient with AIMAH because of its minimally invasive nature. However, autotransplantation of adrenal fragments failed in this patient with AIMAH.

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