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Pheochromocytoma: Anyone being treated for an adrenal mass?
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Sep 27 2:28pm | Replies (93)Comment receiving replies
Hi @parve. Can you share which surgery you had? How are you feeling? I am four weeks post operative from a mini back scope right adrenalectomy. I had what they thought was one tumor which they monitored for the past seven years. At the time of surgery it was 2cm x 2cm x 2.5cm. my adrenal gland was twice the size it should have been. When they did the biopsy they discovered my adrenal gland was full of many small nodules that were to small to show up on CT scan. My surgery took 25min and I was home discharged the next morning. However this procedure is not readily available or practiced at most hospitals or by many surgeons.
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Dawn
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I was going to have a 4cm mass removed in Miami. He said he may have to open me up through abdomen due to previous scar tissue. I am now going next week to the Carling Endocrine Hospital in Tampa for a mini back scope procedure. I’m told people fly there from all over the country. I will keep everyone posted.
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My tumor was found in the left adrenal gland after I did a CT Scan for pain in my right side (kidney). So it was an incidental finding as I had no symptoms related to Pheochromocytoma. I was treated for the kidney infection and followed up with surgeons about the Pheochromocytoma. I am today a week old after surgery and still feel a bit weak..I get exhausted quickly. They did a laparoscopic surgery so I have four puncture points on my side. I just saw the surgeon today and he says I’m okay. Really want to be back to my active self