title: Retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy in a residual of neuroblastoma.
abstract: The authors report a case of retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy in a child with neuroblastoma previously treated by chemotherapy. Usually the presence of malignant tumours is a contraindication to retroperitoneoscopic surgery. A restaging of the tumor was done by retroperitoneoscopy. The residual adrenal gland was excised by mini-invasive surgery of the retroperitoneal space. The histopathologic examination confirmed the presence of a residual neuroblastoma in the adrenal gland. This case report shows a possible of a new indication for the retroperitoneoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Pediatrica, Università Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, Italia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dòmini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bertozzi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lauro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Libri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gentili
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pelusi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Messina
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000601:surgery*; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed