title: Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy in an infant with adrenocortical virilizing tumor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Pediatric Oncology and surgery, Faculty of Medicine of ABC, São Pablo, Brazil. telmamsm@icr.hcnet.usp.br
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tobias-Machado
authors.forename: Jairo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cartum
authors.forename: Telma Murias
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Santos-Machado
authors.forename: Heloísa Amaral
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Gaspar
authors.forename: Alexandre Sibanto
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Simoes
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Roberto Vaz
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Juliano
authors.forename: Eric Roger
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Wroclawski
mesh_terms: 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