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Vol 66, No 5 (2015)
Case report
Submitted: 2014-09-17
Accepted: 2014-12-31
Published online: 2015-10-12
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Laparoscopic treatment of adrenal cysts — own research and literature review

Ryszard Pogorzelski, Sadegh Toutounchi, Ewa Krajewska, Patryk Fiszer, Janusz Pachucki, Tomasz Bednarczuk, Izabela Łoń, Zbigniew Gaciong, Bogdan Marek, Maciej Skórski
DOI: 10.5603/EP.2015.0057
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Pubmed: 26457502
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Endokrynol Pol 2015;66(5):469-472.

open access

Vol 66, No 5 (2015)
Case report
Submitted: 2014-09-17
Accepted: 2014-12-31
Published online: 2015-10-12

Abstract

Material and methods: Over the last 18 months we operated on six patients with large adrenal gland cysts in our centre. This consisted of 8.2% of all patients treated in said period due to adrenal gland pathologies. On ruling out malignancy or parasitic nature of the lesions, all patients were surgically treated in order to excise the cysts while leaving the gland untouched. In five patients the cysts were resected but the adrenal gland was spared. However, in one patient the adrenal gland coated the entire cystic mass, which imposed performance of adrenalectomy in addition to cystectomy. During surgeries we tried not to clip the suprarenal vein, which we managed to do in four out of six cases.

Results: A one-year remote follow-up period revealed no cyst recurrence in ultrasound or CT, and it was possible to visualise the remaining part of the adrenal gland in all cases.

Conclusion: Thus, in our opinion resection of benign cysts is well justified and recommendable. (Endokrynol Pol 2015; 66 (5): 469–472)

Abstract

Material and methods: Over the last 18 months we operated on six patients with large adrenal gland cysts in our centre. This consisted of 8.2% of all patients treated in said period due to adrenal gland pathologies. On ruling out malignancy or parasitic nature of the lesions, all patients were surgically treated in order to excise the cysts while leaving the gland untouched. In five patients the cysts were resected but the adrenal gland was spared. However, in one patient the adrenal gland coated the entire cystic mass, which imposed performance of adrenalectomy in addition to cystectomy. During surgeries we tried not to clip the suprarenal vein, which we managed to do in four out of six cases.

Results: A one-year remote follow-up period revealed no cyst recurrence in ultrasound or CT, and it was possible to visualise the remaining part of the adrenal gland in all cases.

Conclusion: Thus, in our opinion resection of benign cysts is well justified and recommendable. (Endokrynol Pol 2015; 66 (5): 469–472)

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Keywords

adrenal gland; adrenal cyst; adrenal tumours

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Title

Laparoscopic treatment of adrenal cysts — own research and literature review

Journal

Endokrynologia Polska

Issue

Vol 66, No 5 (2015)

Article type

Case report

Pages

469-472

Published online

2015-10-12

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1843

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2400

DOI

10.5603/EP.2015.0057

Pubmed

26457502

Bibliographic record

Endokrynol Pol 2015;66(5):469-472.

Keywords

adrenal gland
adrenal cyst
adrenal tumours

Authors

Ryszard Pogorzelski
Sadegh Toutounchi
Ewa Krajewska
Patryk Fiszer
Janusz Pachucki
Tomasz Bednarczuk
Izabela Łoń
Zbigniew Gaciong
Bogdan Marek
Maciej Skórski

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