[Experience of laparoscopic surgery of pheochromocytoma found on induction for hemodialysis]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2010 Oct;56(10):565-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 64-year-old female patient had been receiving hemodialysis since June 2008. A left adrenal mass, 2.5 cm in diameter, was incidentally found by screening computed tomography at the initiation of hemodialysis. Plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine were increased to 1.21 ng/ml and 4.71 ng/ml, respectively. In the scintiscan using ¹²³I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), accumulation of the radionuclide in the left adrenal tumor region was confirmed. Laparoscopic left adrenalectomy was performed without peri-operative complications under the diagnosis of left pheochromocytoma. The elevated catecholamines and the blood pressure were restored after surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidental Findings
  • Laparoscopy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pheochromocytoma / diagnosis*
  • Pheochromocytoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Pheochromocytoma / surgery*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Renal Dialysis*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • 3-Iodobenzylguanidine