Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy in an infant with adrenocortical virilizing tumor.
BACKGROUND
Adrenocortical 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.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
We 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.
Tobias-Machado
Marcos
M
Department of Urology, Pediatric Oncology and surgery, Faculty of Medicine of ABC, São Pablo, Brazil. telmamsm@icr.hcnet.usp.br
Cartum
Jairo
J
Santos-Machado
Telma Murias
TM
Gaspar
Heloísa Amaral
HA
Simoes
Alexandre Sibanto
AS
Cruz
Ricardo
R
Rodrigues
Renata
R
Juliano
Roberto Vaz
RV
Wroclawski
Eric Roger
ER
D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods*; D018268:Adrenocortical Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space