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The contrast-enhanced abdominal computer tomography revealed bilateral adrenal tumoral masses of 149 mm and 82 mm on the right and left sides, respectively, with invasion of the surrounding organs. The patient underwent right 3D laparoscopic adrenalectomy and right radical nephrectomy. The pathological result concluded that the excised tumor was a neuroblastoma of the adrenal gland. The patient followed adjuvant oncological treatment; however, due to disease progression, he passed away 22 months after the surgery. To our knowledge, less than 100 cases of adrenal NB in adult patients have been published, the eldest case being diagnosed at 75 years of age; meanwhile, the largest reported tumor measured 200 mm, and was excised through open surgery. Minimally invasive techniques have been limited so far to smaller, organ-confined diseases, thus making the present case the largest adrenal NB removed entirely laparoscopically. Neuroblastoma in the adult population is a rare finding, with worse prognosis compared to pediatric patients. The available literature does not provide enough data for standardized, multimodal management, as the patients are treated following adapted pediatric protocols, thus reinforcing the need for international, multidisciplinary boards for rare tumors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59010033","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,27]],"date-time":"2022-12-27T04:40:39Z","timestamp":1672116039000},"page":"33","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Adrenal Gland Primary Neuroblastoma in an Adult Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5920-7346","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Teodora","family":"Telecan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Urology, Municipal Clinical Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8586-3491","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Iulia","family":"Andras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Urology, Municipal Clinical Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria Raluca","family":"Bungardean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Diana","family":"Muntean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Municipal Clinical Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claudia","family":"Militaru","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2946-2017","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ion","family":"Perciuleac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Municipal Clinical Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrei","family":"Maga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, Municipal Clinical Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicolae","family":"Crisan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Urology, Municipal Clinical Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"81","article-title":"Neuroblastoma in an adult: Case presentation and literature review","volume":"43","author":"Smith","year":"2013","journal-title":"Ann. 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