Robotic-assisted adrenalectomy for adrenal incidentaloma: case and review of the technique.
An incidental left adrenal mass was found in a patient during an evaluation for mediastinal widening. The patient had no symptoms attributable to adrenal excess. Preoperative biochemical screening was negative for a functioning medullary or cortical adrenal tumor. Surgical resection was successfully completed with the assistance of the da Vinci robotic system. Pathology demonstrated a rare adrenal oncocytoma.
Young
James A
JA
Department of Surgery, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA.
Chapman
William H H
WH
Kim
Victor B
VB
Albrecht
Robert J
RJ
Ng
Peter C
PC
Nifong
L Wiley
LW
Chitwood
W Randolph
WR
D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D012371:Robotics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed