V11-02 BILATERAL ADRENALECTOMY AND MULTIPLE TUMORECTOMY IN VON HIPPEL–LINDAU DESEASE

Laparoscopic partial adrenalectomy for bilateral pheochromocytomas in a boy with von Hippel-Lindau disease.

OBJECTIVES In adults, increasing numbers of adrenalectomies for pheochromocytomas are performed laparoscopically. We report for the first time laparoscopic bilateral subtotal adrenalectomy for pheochromocytomas in an 8-year-old boy with von Hippel-Lindau disease. METHODS In July 1998, an 8-year-old boy with von Hippel-Lindau disease underwent laparoscopic adrenal-sparing surgery for bilateral...

Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Bilateral Metachronous Aldosteronomas

INTRODUCTION Primary aldosteronism affects 5% to 13% of patients with hypertension. Idiopathic bilateral hyperplasia (IHA) and unilateral aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) are the most common types of primary aldosteronism. Bilateral APA is a very rare entity with only a few reports in the literature. We present the case of a patient with metachronous bilateral APA treated with metachronous b...

[Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy due to a phaeochromocytoma in Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome: a technique with 4 trocars].

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Anaesthetic management for laparoscopic bilateral adrenalectomy in MEN2A (Multiple endocrine neoplasia) followed by subsequent total thyroidectomy and radical neck dissection.

Editor—We report a case of MEN2A syndrome who underwent bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy and staggered total thyroidectomy and radical neck dissection with intraoperative nerve monitoring. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) is a syndrome which involves more than one endocrine gland. There are 3 types and further subtypes of MEN. MEN2A is characterized by medullary thyroid cancer (97%) with ...

Bilateral adrenalectomy for advanced carcinoma of the breast.