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Laparoscopic excision of para-aortic ectopic pheochromocytoma
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Michael G. Degroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Address correspondence to Dr. Anil Kapoor, Section of
Urology, Department of Surgery, McMaster University,
St. Joseph’s Hospital, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton,
Ontario, L8N 4A6 Canada
Canadian Journal of Urology 2006, 13(5), 3271-3274.
Abstract
Ectopic pheochromocytomas (paragangliomas) are rare tumors that are traditionally treated with open surgery. We present our technique of such a tumor treated laparoscopically and review the safety, feasibility and advantages of this approach.Keywords
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Copyright © 2006 The Author(s). Published by Tech Science Press.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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