A case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal gland endometriosis

Objective: To present a case of successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis. Design: Case report. Setting: University Hospital. Patient(s): Forty-eight-year-old woman with left-sided abdominal and flank pain. Intervention(s): Laparoscopic radical adrenalectomy. Main Outcome Measure(s): Diagnosis and surgical approach to adrenal endometriosis. Result(s): There have been two case reports of adrenal endometriosis. Based on a search of Medline and Google for "adrenal endometriosis," this is the first known successful laparoscopic resection of adrenal endometriosis. Conclusion(s): We report the first case of successful laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the treatment of endometriosis.