OBJECTIVE: To present a case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University Hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty-eight-year-old woman with left-sided abdominal and flank pain. INTERVENTION(S): Laparoscopic radical adrenalectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Diagnosis and surgical approach to adrenal endometriosis. RESULT(S): 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. CONCLUSION(S): We report the first case of successful laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the treatment of endometriosis.
OBJECTIVE: To present a case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University Hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty-eight-year-old woman with left-sided abdominal and flank pain. INTERVENTION(S): Laparoscopic radical adrenalectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Diagnosis and surgical approach to adrenal endometriosis. RESULT(S): 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. CONCLUSION(S): We report the first case of successful laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the treatment of endometriosis.