Retroperitoneal foregut duplication cyst presenting as an adrenal mass

Am Surg. 2007 Jan;73(1):89-92.

Abstract

A 75 year-old woman presented to the authors' institution with abdominal pain and early satiety. An adrenal mass was found on CT scanning. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed, and the patient was found to have a retroperitoneal bronchogenic cyst adherent to the adrenal gland. The workup of an adrenal mass is discussed as well as the pathophysiology of bronchogenic cysts.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Aged
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / diagnosis*
  • Bronchogenic Cyst / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Retroperitoneal Space
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed