Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: dilemmas in diagnosis and treatment.

Background: Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a benign rare inflammatory disease of the breast. Due to its uncommon etiology, diagnosis and treatment is still unknown. Selection of a standard method for diagnosing idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is sophisticated.

Comparison of transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy in a prospective randomized study.

Purpose: This article reports a prospective, randomized comparison of transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (TLA) versus retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (RLA) for adrenal lesions with medium-term follow-up.

Subjects And Methods: Between September 2008 and November 2011, 24 patients with surgical adrenal diseases were prospectively randomized to undergo TLA (Group 1, 11 patients) or RLA (Group 2, 13 patients). Study exclusion criteria were patients with a body mass index of >40 kg/m(2), significant prior abdominal surgery, and bilateral adrenalectomy.