Erschienen in:
12.07.2016 | Case Report
Robot-assisted laparoscopic excision of organ of Zuckerkandl
verfasst von:
Narasimhan Ragavan, Malarvizhi Ramesh, Narayanan Kandasamy, Y. Vijayachandra Reddy
Erschienen in:
Journal of Robotic Surgery
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Ausgabe 4/2016
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Excerpt
Organ of Zuckerkandl lesions are generally rare, and may present either as functional (pheochromocytoma) or non-functioning tumour (paraganglioma). Functional (secreting) tumours are located usually in the areas where chromaffin tissue is found; e.g., along the para-aortic sympathetic chain, organ of Zuckerkandl, urinary bladder, and the sympathetic chain in the neck or mediastinum [
1]. To our knowledge, we are reporting for the first time the robot-assisted laparoscopic excision of functioning organ of Zuckerkandl. …