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South African Journal of Surgery
versão On-line ISSN 2078-5151
versão impressa ISSN 0038-2361
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CARIDES, MD; SISHUBA, NT; BOMBIL, I e CHRISTOFIDES, C. The role of surgery in Conn's syndrome - a case of refractory hypertension secondary to an aldosterone secreting adenoma. S. Afr. j. surg. [online]. 2021, vol.59, n.3, pp.131a-131c. ISSN 2078-5151. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-5151/2021/v59n3a3609.
Primary aldosteronism, eponymously known as Conn's syndrome, has recently gained recognition as the most common cause of endocrine hypertension. Unilateral subtypes, such as aldosterone secreting adenomas, are managed surgically and are potentially curable. The background of refractory hypertension and hypokalaemia in a forty-year-old man raised suspicions of Conn's syndrome which was localised to an aldosterone secreting adenoma in the right adrenal gland. The patient underwent a laparoscopic intraperitoneal right adrenalectomy which resulted in normalisation of his plasma aldosterone concentration as well as improved blood pressure control.