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CT in spontaneous adrenal gland rupture. A case report
E Usamentiaga1, A Ortiz, M Bustamante
1Department of Radiology, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, Spain.
Acta Radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987)
|May 8, 1998
Abstract
Purpose:
To report on an exceptional case of spontaneous, idiopathic, unilateral adrenal gland rupture that caused massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage.
Methods And Results:
US and CT were performed in a patient who presented with acute abdominal pain. Urgent adrenalectomy was required to prevent the blood loss from continuing. The CT findings were correlated with the histological findings.
Conclusion:
CT proved to be an accurate imaging modality by which to diagnose adrenal hemorrhage. The absence of irregular tissue enhancement showed that neoplasia was not the underlying cause of the hematoma.