Case report

Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in a patient with situs inversus levocardia.

Sadegh Toutounchi, Ewa Krajewska, Patryk Fiszer, Witold Cieśla, Małgorzata Zukowska, Ryszard Pogorzelski, Maciej Skórski
Published online: November 30, 2011

The article presents a case of an adrenal adenoma (Conn's syndrome) in a 50-year-old man with situs inversus with levocardia. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed and the patient made a full recovery. It has been concluded that diagnostic assessment by means of imaging techniques providing details of the organ anatomy and the experience of the medical team are the key factors determining the outcome of such surgery.

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