A case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal gland endometriosis.
OBJECTIVE
To present a case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
University Hospital.


METHODS
Forty-eight-year-old woman with left-sided abdominal and flank pain.


METHODS
Laparoscopic radical adrenalectomy.


METHODS
Diagnosis and surgical approach to adrenal endometriosis.


RESULTS
There have been two case reports of adrenal endometriosis. Based on a search of Medline and Google for "adrenal endometriosis," this is the first known successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis.


CONCLUSIONS
We report the first case of successful laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the treatment of endometriosis.
Rehman
Jamil
J
Department of Urology, SUNY-Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Yildirim
Gazi
G
Khan
Sardar A
SA
Chughtai
Bilal
B
Nezhat
Farr
F
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D021501:Flank Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome