INTRODUCTION Videoscopic adrenalectomy is the gold standard for the surgical treatment of benign adrenal tumours. The two most common approaches are the lateral transperitoneal approach (LTA) and the posterior retroperitoneal approach (PRA). So far it has not been established which is the preferable one. The choice depends primarily on the surgeon's preference and contraindications for a partic...

Correspondence To the Editor: Laparoendoscopic single‑site surgery (LESS) has been widely used for various urologic diseases in order to improve safety, outcomes, and cosmesis, and to further reduce invasiveness. [1] Here, we reported our initial experience with laparoendoscopic single‑site retroperitoneal partial adrenalectomy using a homemade single‑port device in a municipal hospital. Totall...

A case of 49-year-old woman with a retroperitoneal undifferentiated foregut cyst attached to the right adrenal gland is reported. The bronchogenic cyst is a type of foregut cyst with a cartilage component, but in this case the multicystic tumor lacked both cartilage and gland. It is quite rare among retroperitoneal tumors and has not been reported so far to have malignant potential. The preoper...

Since the first laparoscopic adrenalectomy, the technique has evolved and it has become the standard of care for many adrenal diseases, including pheochromocytoma. Two laparoscopic accesses to the adrenal have been developed: transperitoneal and retroperitoneal. Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy may be recommended for the treatment of pheochromocytoma with the same peri-operative outcomes of t...

Objectives. To evaluate whether retroperitoneal approach for adrenalectomy is a safe and effective treatment for adrenal metastases (AM). Methods. From June 2004 to January 2014, nine consecutive patients with AM were treated with endoscopic retroperitoneal adrenalectomy (ERA). A retrospective study was conducted, and clinical data, tumor characteristics, and oncologic outcomes were acquired an...

UNLABELLED Myelolipomas have been reported in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). ACTH excess, as seen with non-adherence to glucocorticoid therapy, may be responsible for tumor development. We report a case of a 51-year-old man with classic salt-wasting CAH managed on prednisone 7.5 mg daily and fludrocortisone who presented with chronic back pain and was found to have giant bi...

We report an uncommon case of testicular cancer with adrenal metastasis without retroperitoneal or distant metastatic disease. This situation is highly unusual. In fact, no similar case was reported in the literature. Our case is the first adrenalectomy that has been performed for secondary localization of testicular cancer. After eighteen-month followup, the patient was doing well, with no evi...