title: Robotic-assisted adrenalectomy for adrenal incidentaloma: case and review of the technique.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA.
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: William H H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Victor B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: L Wiley
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Nifong
authors.forename: W Randolph
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Chitwood
mesh_terms: 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