title: Laparoscopic partial adrenalectomy for recurrent pheochromocytoma in a boy with Von Hippel-Lindau disease.
abstract: We describe a case of a boy with Von Hippel-Lindau disease who presented with recurrent right adrenal pheochromocytoma 4.5 years after laparoscopic bilateral partial adrenalectomy. The boy had a second laparoscopic adrenal-sparing removal of the tumor. By this technique, not only the recurrent tumor was successfully removed but also the unaffected adrenal cortex could be preserved for the second time. To our knowledge, this is the first published case of its type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Elisabethinen Hospital, Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Thiagarajan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nambirajan
authors.forename: Fairborz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bagheri
authors.forename: Alaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdelmaksoud
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leeb
authors.forename: Hartmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Ulrike B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Graubner
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Janetschek
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000453:epidemiology