Hazards of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for Conn's adenoma. When enthusiasm turns to tragedy.
(1999) Surgical Endoscopy : surgical and interventional techniques — Vol. 13, n° 7, p. 715-717 (1999)
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- A 74-year-old man with primary aldosteronism had a small tumor (27 x 23 mm) of his right adrenal gland successfully removed by a transperitoneal laparoscopy. Despite absence of malignancy in the resected tumor and complete relief of all symptoms in the immediate postoperative period, recurrence occurred 6 months later. The tumor behaved as a carcinoma spread in the peritoneal cavity, and the patient eventually died with peritoneal carcinomatosis. We suggest that the laparoscopic technique coupled with pneumoperitoneum may have favored this recurrence.
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Foxius, A., Ramboux, A., Lefebvre, Y., Broze, B.-X., Hamels, J., & Squifflet, J.-P. (1999). Hazards of laparoscopic adrenalectomy for Conn’s adenoma. When enthusiasm turns to tragedy. Surgical Endoscopy : surgical and interventional techniques, 13(7), 715-717. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004649901080 (Original work published 1999)