Robotic-assisted left adrenal cystic mass excision in a pregnant patient.

A symptomatic adrenal mass diagnosed during pregnancy is a rare clinical scenario. Two primary considerations are the timing of intervention and determining the appropriate surgical approach. Here, we present the case of a young female patient with flank pain, whom on diagnostic imaging, was found to have a large cystic adrenal mass.

Is the numerical rating scale an adequate predictor for assessing MRI underlying pathologies among painful adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients?

The use of constant pain and night pain as clinical markers for predicting the presence of underlying pathology in painful adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients has been questioned. Pain intensity has been recognized as an important domain in pain assessment. The numerical rating scale (NRS) is one of the most commonly validated tools to assess pain intensity in children above 8 years of age.