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[Unilateral spontaneous adrenal hematoma: an unusual cause of retroperitoneal hemorrhage]
J R Vendrell1, J Alcover, A Alcaraz
1Servicio de Urología, Unidad de Trasplante Renal, Hospital Clinic, Universidad de Barcelona.
Actas Urologicas Espanolas
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Presentation of one case of spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrhage in a 72 year-old male, his first symptom being a left retrothoracic pain of sudden onset. The supplementary studies performed (ultrasound, CAT and MNR) pointed to the adrenal gland as the origin of the haemorrhage. Faced eith the uncertainty of the etiological diagnosis, a left supra-renalectomy was conducted which confirmed the pathological anatomy of the piece and the presence of massive haematoma of the suprarenal gland with no other pathological data. The clinical, diagnostic and therapeutical aspects are discussed.