Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
The paper presents the case of a fema/e patientwho carried an aldosterone-secreting tumor of adrenal cortex. In the ana/ysis of diagnosis and parac/inical examinations there is particular referenceto the /aparoscopic surgery mode of treatment.Diagnosis should be estab/ished on the basis ofclinica/ a...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2005 |
| País: | Uruguay |
| Recursos: | Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Repositorio: | Revista Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/4567 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/4567 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | cirugía laparoscópica laparoscopic surgery |
| Resumo: | The paper presents the case of a fema/e patientwho carried an aldosterone-secreting tumor of adrenal cortex. In the ana/ysis of diagnosis and parac/inical examinations there is particular referenceto the /aparoscopic surgery mode of treatment.Diagnosis should be estab/ished on the basis ofclinica/ and laboratory tests (hypopotassemia andhypera/dosteronism).Tumor topography was confirmed through CT sean,MRI and Scintiscan in left adrenal cortex. Resectionwas consequently made through /aparoscopicsurgery. The patient's evo/ution was excel/ent fromthe surgica/ viewpoint, with / /e veis of b/ood pressure,potassium and a/dosterone returned to normal. |
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