Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for Conn's syndrome complicated by ipsilateral congenital pelvic kidney

A patient presented with hypertension, hypokalemia, and a 1.2-cm left adrenal tumor. Conn's syndrome was diagnosed, for which laparoscopic adrenalectomy is now the therapy of choice. This case was complicated by an ipsilateral ectopic pelvic kidney. A laparoscopic left adrenalectomy was performed via a lateral transabdominal approach. Without the usual anatomic landmark of the ipsilateral kidney, the left adrenal gland was difficult to identify, so intraoperative ultrasound was used to locate the lesion. Postoperatively, the patient's blood pressure and potassium normalized. This is the first documented report of a laparoscopic adrenalectomy performed for adrenal adenoma with the anatomic disruption of an ipsilateral pelvic kidney.