These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Unilateral adrenal hematoma with associated giant mass: a report of two cases.
    Author: Uji Y.
    Journal: Acta Chir Belg; 2019 Oct; 119(5):335-339. PubMed ID: 29560790.
    Abstract:
    Background: Adrenal hematoma is a rare yet potentially life-threatening event that occurs both in traumatic conditions and in a variety of nontraumatic conditions. In the present study, we report the two cases with idiopathic unilateral adrenal hematoma. Case presentation: Case 1 involved a 72-year-old man who was complaining of upper abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a giant mixed density tumor in the right retroperitoneal space. To remove the tumor, we carried out an adrenalectomy on the right adrenal gland, resecting a specimen measuring 15 × 13.5 cm. The histopathological findings of the specimen revealed a hematoma with normal adrenal tissue. Case 2 involved a 53-year-old woman who complained of an uncomfortable feeling in her left upper abdomen. A retroperitoneal tumor had formed a multicystic lesion and resected because the left renal vein had become compressed. The resected specimen was 10.5 × 10 cm in size and revealed an adrenal hematoma. In the absence of any obvious etiology, the diagnoses in both cases were idiopathic adrenal hematoma. Conclusion: An accurate diagnosis of idiopathic adrenal hematoma is quite difficult to make prior to surgery. Some imaging modalities are useful in generating a differential diagnosis.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]