title: Laparoscopic Resection of a Renal Hilar Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent With a Circumaortic Left Renal Vein.
abstract: Pheochromocytoma is a neuroendocrine tumor that usually develops from the chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla. Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas arise in the neural crest cells of the retroperitoneal paraganglia and renal hilum is a common site for their occurrence. We describe a 17-year-old boy, whom we believe to be the first reported case of successful laparoscopic resection of a renal hilar extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma in the setting of a circumaortic left renal vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimal Access Surgery, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai, India. Electronic address: deeprajbhandarkar@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Deepraj S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bhandarkar
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimal Access Surgery, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Nippun
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chhakarvarty
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimal Access Surgery, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Avinash N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Katara
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital, Mahim, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Nishitkumar F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*