title: [Laparoscopic excision of para-aortic lymphatic metastasis of malignant pheochromocytoma].
abstract: We report a laparoscopic lymph node resection of a patient who had malignant pheochromocytoma and underwent conventional transabdominal adrenalectomy for unilateral left malignant pheochromocytoma, followed by transperitoneal laparoscopic metastatic para-aortic lymph nodes six years later. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was cured of the metastasis. We believe that this procedure is minimally invasive, and metastatic extension can be diagnosed laparoscopic as well as ablation can be performed in most instances without recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urologie, hôpital Henri Mondor, 51, avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabii
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cicco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salomon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoznek
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Chopin
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Abbou
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000556:secondary*