# Adrenalectomy

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## TL;DR

Removing an adrenal gland. Open, complete (R0) removal is the only cure for adrenocortical carcinoma.

## Summary

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy suits benign tumours and small metastases, but adrenocortical carcinoma requires open en-bloc resection because capsule rupture seeds the abdomen. Adjuvant mitotane follows in high-risk cases. Adrenal metastases from lung cancer are sometimes resected or treated with SBRT in oligometastatic disease.

## Fields

- Kind: Term
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: adrenalectomies

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenalectomy
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenalectomy

## Connected records

- terms: [Resection margins (R0 / R1 / R2)](https://onco.cc/terms/resection-margins/)
- fronts: [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- drugs: [Mitotane](https://onco.cc/drugs/mitotane/)
- cancers: [Advanced and metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma (ENSAT stage IV or unresectable)](https://onco.cc/cancers/advanced-adrenocortical-carcinoma/), [Hereditary pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (SDHx, VHL, RET, NF1, MAX and TMEM127)](https://onco.cc/cancers/hereditary-ppgl/), [Localised adrenocortical carcinoma (ENSAT stage I to III, resectable)](https://onco.cc/cancers/localised-adrenocortical-carcinoma/), [Metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma](https://onco.cc/cancers/metastatic-ppgl/), [Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL)](https://onco.cc/cancers/pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma/)

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