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A rare case of a giant haemorrhagic adrenal cyst
D Kaderabek1, N McLeod1, T Tigges1
1St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, USA.
Abstract:
Giant adrenal cysts are an infrequent encounter in surgical practice. In this article we discuss a case of a 66 year old woman who presented with increasing abdominal girth and was subsequently found to have a large retroperitoneal mass on computed tomography (CT) scan. After a thorough endocrine work up was completed, the patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy with resection of a giant adrenal mass. This was ultimately found to be a haemorrhagic cyst. This case highlights the clinical features and management of this relatively rare finding.
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