A patient with a left adrenal mass is scheduled for surgery. The surgeon is planning to approach the suprarenal area by removing the twelfth rib.

[Kathryn]

#june2020mccqe1

A patient with a left adrenal mass is scheduled for surgery. The surgeon is planning to approach the suprarenal area by removing the twelfth rib. With this approach, the surgeon should take particular care to avoid damaging which of the following structures?
(A) Aorta
(B) Diaphragm
(C) Pancreas
(D) Stomach
(E) Vena cava

 

[Tiffany Wong]

(A) Aorta