Surgical management of adrenal incidentaloma Background: The adrenal incidentaloma is a lesion found on imaging studies for diagnosis of nonadrenal disorders. Most of these patients are not of surgical treatment. Our objective was to describe the clinical features and results of surgical management of adrenal incidentalomas in the Hospital de la Universidad de Chile. Material and Methods: Retrospective descriptive study. Period 2000 to 2009. Information was gathered from medical records and biopsies registers of patients with operated adrenal incidentaloma. Results: We evaluated 24 patients undergoing surgery, 66.7% female, 58.3% between 41 and 70 years. 58.3% were found in the study of abdominal pain. Surgical indications were: size ≥ 4 cm, enlarged in controls, atypical features in the abdominal and pelvic CT and/or functionality. 54.2% were ≥ 4 cm, 16.7% increase in size in controls, 45.8% had atypical features in the abdominal and pelvic CT and 33.3% were functioning, being the most frequent hypercortisolism. In 87.5% of patients the approach was laparoscopically. The morbidity was 12.6% (pneumonia, wound infection and stroke) and perioperative mortality was 0%. Discussion: The adrenal incidentaloma is a rare indication for surgery of adrenal tumors. Before the intervention should be studies in order to evaluate functionality and suspicion of malignancy. Functionating tumors and suspicious of malignancy should be resected, being the laparoscopic approach the election, likely in most cases.
Phyllodes tumor of the breastIntroduction: The phyllodes tumor (PT) of the breast is a rare disease of unknown origin. Despite its classification into benign, borderline and malignant, their behavior tends to be uncertain. Because of this, treatment remains controversial. Objective: To describe the management of the FT in breast pathology unit of our hospital and their outcomes. Material and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the files of the patients with PT, operated in our hospital between 2001 and 2008. We analyzed the clinical characteristics, diagnostic studies, treatment and outcomes. Results: During this period 12 patients were operated. The average age was 42 ± 15.2 years (16-64) and usually the form of presentation was painless palpable nodule. Both mammography and ultrasound were unable to suggest the diagnosis. Eight patients had core biopsy, which revealed the diagnosis of PT in 5, while in the other 3 was fibroadenoma. All patients underwent a partial mastectomy. The biopsy showed six benign, two borderline and two malignant PT. The latter two patients received adjuvant radiotherapy. At the end of this study, 2 patients had relapsed at 12 and 30 months (borderline and benign, respectively). There were no cases of lymphatic or distant metastases. Conclusions: The PT has a low frequency of presentation and preoperative diagnosis is difficult, so we recommend a core biopsy, but it can confuse with fibroadenoma. The management with partial mastectomy and negative borders had a recurrence rate of 18% in this series. ResumenIntroducción: El tumor filoides (TF) de la mama es una patología poco frecuente y origen desconocido. A pesar de su clasificación en benignos, borderline y malignos, su comportamiento tiende a ser incierto. Debido a esto su tratamiento sigue siendo controversial. Objetivo: Describir el manejo del TF en la unidad de Rev.
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