Unilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage and the Challenge Of Early Recognition
| Autor: | Dana Attar Mbbs, Christian Kraeker, Resheed Alkhiari Mbbs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology biology business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Context (language use) General Medicine Disease medicine.disease Gastroenterology 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Sepsis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Steroid use Internal medicine biology.protein medicine Antibody Adrenal Hemorrhage business |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine. 10 |
| ISSN: | 2369-1778 1911-1606 |
| DOI: | 10.22374/cjgim.v10i4.89 |
| Popis: | Adrenal hemorrhage (AH) is a rare condition with an estimated prevalence of 1% among hospital-based autopsies. It is usually discovered incidentally on computed tomography.1 Most cases are associated with the use of anticoagulation, especially in the setting of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome, trauma, metastatic disease, sepsis, and critical illness.5-7 We report a case of acute unilateral adrenal hemorrhage associated with Escherichia coli pyelonephritis in the context of recent prolonged steroid use. |
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