Laparoscopic drainage of nocardial adrenal abscess in an HIV positive patient.
We report a rare case of a nocardial adrenal abscess in an HIV patient that underwent the first drainage of adrenal abscess by laparoscopy. Adrenal abscesses are exceedingly rare in adults and prove to be a diagnostic challenge. Laparoscopic adrenal exploration is both a diagnostic and therapeutic modality with low perioperative morbidity that should be considered in the management of indeterminate adrenal masses and abscesses.
Chong
Yew Lam
YL
Section of Urology, Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Green
Justin Anton
JA
Toh
Khai Lee
KL
Tan
James K
JK
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*