Adrenal Hematoma: A Report of Three Cases 

Authors

  • Nora Soumeya Fedala Department of Endocrinology, Bab el oued Hospital, University of Medicine, Algeria
  • Ali el Mahdi Haddam Department of Endocrinology, Bologhine Hospital, University of Medicine, Algeria
  • Farida Chentli Department of Endocrinology, Bab el oued Hospital, University of Medicine, Algeria
  • Radhia Si Youcef Department of Chemistry, Bab el oued Hospital, University of Medicine, Algeria
  • Nadia Kalafat Department of Endocrinology, Bab el oued Hospital, University of Medicine, Algeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12970/2310-9971.2014.02.03.1

Keywords:

 Adrenal hematoma, tumor, trauma, adrenal CTscan.

Abstract

 Adrenal hematomas are uncommon and may due to multiple causes. They may be spontaneous or secondary to trauma, subjacent tumor, underlying to iatrogenic cause or anti phospholipid antibody syndrome. We report the case of three patients seen for acute abdominal pain (n=2) and hemorrhagic shock (n = 1), that the morphological examination showed the presence of an adrenal hematoma. This was secondary to thoracic abdominal trauma in one case. In the other two cases, he revealed a malignant lesion underlying the outset in a patient (malignant non-functional pheochromocytoma) and in the radiological monitoring (adrenocortical carcinoma) in the other case. 

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2014-04-05

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