title: A case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal gland endometriosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, SUNY-Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Jamil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rehman
authors.forename: Gazi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Sardar A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chughtai
authors.forename: Farr
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nezhat
mesh_terms: 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