• Sao Paulo Med J · May 2002

    Case Reports

    Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy in an infant with adrenocortical virilizing tumor.

    • Marcos Tobias-Machado, Jairo Cartum, Telma Murias Santos-Machado, Heloísa Amaral Gaspar, Alexandre Sibanto Simoes, Ricardo Cruz, Renata Rodrigues, Roberto Vaz Juliano, and Eric Roger Wroclawski.
    • Department of Urology, Pediatric Oncology and surgery, Faculty of Medicine of ABC, São Pablo, Brazil. telmamsm@icr.hcnet.usp.br
    • Sao Paulo Med J. 2002 May 2; 120 (3): 878987-9.

    ContextAdrenocortical virilizing tumors are rare in the pediatric age group. Laparoscopic surgery is the gold standard method for treatment of adrenal functional tumors under 6 cm in size, in adults. There has been very little use of laparoscopy in children and there is no report of its application in the treatment of adrenal carcinoma in childhood.DesignCase report.Case ReportWe performed the first laparoscopic resection using retroperitoneal access for the treatment of an adrenocortical virilizing tumor in a pediatric patient. We believe that retroperitoneoscopic access is a viable and promising option for the treatment of adrenal tumors in children.

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