Abstract | INTRODUCTION: PRESENTATION OF CASE: First patient presented with big lips since childhood and episodic abdominal pain. On investigations, he was diagnosed with features of MEN 2B syndrome. Second patient was hypertensive and presented with abdominal pain. On evaluation she had features of MEN 2A syndrome. DISCUSSION: Minimally invasive approach was preferred in both cases. Bilateral simultaneous adrenalectomies were uneventfully done with acceptable operative time and blood loss with rapid perioperative recovery. These cases highlighted the feasibility of laparoscopic simultaneous bilateral adrenalectomy for pheochromocytomas in MEN 2 syndrome. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Kaushal Yadav, Ganesh Bakshi, Gagan Prakash, Anup Tamhankar, Kamlesh Verma |
Journal | International journal of surgery case reports
(Int J Surg Case Rep)
Vol. 5
Issue 8
Pg. 487-90
( 2014)
ISSN: 2210-2612 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 24981168
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. |