title: Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy for adult incontinence caused by functioning ectopic pelvic kidney draining into vagina.
abstract: A 29-year-old woman had been continent of the majority of her urine for her entire life but had constant, uncontrollable dribbling. A contrast CT scan showed a solitary functioning left kidney and a dysplastic right pelvic kidney with a tortuous dilated ureter running close to the vaginal vault. The kidney was removed whole at transperitoneal laparoscopy, rendering the patient continent. This is the first such case reported in an adult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Guy's and St. Thomas Hospitals, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Challacombe
authors.forename: Con
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kelleher
authors.forename: Tariq
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sami
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Prokar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000601:surgery*; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*