Idiopathic Unilateral Adrenal Haemorrhage and Adrenal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
We report an unusual case of idiopathic unilateral adrenal haemorrhage (AH) in a 55-year-old patient. This rare case had two characteristics that made it worth of report. First, idiopathic adrenal haemorrhage is very uncommon, and second it was presented as a huge, 23 cm diameter and 2,123 gr weight...
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| description | We report an unusual case of idiopathic unilateral adrenal haemorrhage (AH) in a 55-year-old patient. This rare case had two characteristics that made it worth of report. First, idiopathic adrenal haemorrhage is very uncommon, and second it was presented as a huge, 23 cm diameter and 2,123 gr weight, “silent” adrenal mass. It is important to distinguish a benign lesion like this from a neoplasm, although we were not able to identify it preoperatively and the diagnosis was only made after the excised specimen was examined by a group of experienced histopathologists. Only a few similar published cases, to our knowledge, are described in the worldwide literature and even fewer of this size. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-90935ff5d72840569acbe0e7944b5f882025-02-03T05:47:02ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192013-01-01201310.1155/2013/567186567186Idiopathic Unilateral Adrenal Haemorrhage and Adrenal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureChristos Christoforides0Athanasios Petrou1Marios Loizou2Department of Surgery, Nicosia General Hospital, 29 Patmos Street, Strovolos, 2062 Nicosia, CyprusDepartment of Surgery, Nicosia General Hospital, 29 Patmos Street, Strovolos, 2062 Nicosia, CyprusDepartment of Surgery, Nicosia General Hospital, 29 Patmos Street, Strovolos, 2062 Nicosia, CyprusWe report an unusual case of idiopathic unilateral adrenal haemorrhage (AH) in a 55-year-old patient. This rare case had two characteristics that made it worth of report. First, idiopathic adrenal haemorrhage is very uncommon, and second it was presented as a huge, 23 cm diameter and 2,123 gr weight, “silent” adrenal mass. It is important to distinguish a benign lesion like this from a neoplasm, although we were not able to identify it preoperatively and the diagnosis was only made after the excised specimen was examined by a group of experienced histopathologists. Only a few similar published cases, to our knowledge, are described in the worldwide literature and even fewer of this size.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/567186 |
| spellingShingle | Christos Christoforides Athanasios Petrou Marios Loizou Idiopathic Unilateral Adrenal Haemorrhage and Adrenal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Idiopathic Unilateral Adrenal Haemorrhage and Adrenal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Idiopathic Unilateral Adrenal Haemorrhage and Adrenal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Idiopathic Unilateral Adrenal Haemorrhage and Adrenal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Idiopathic Unilateral Adrenal Haemorrhage and Adrenal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Idiopathic Unilateral Adrenal Haemorrhage and Adrenal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | idiopathic unilateral adrenal haemorrhage and adrenal mass a case report and review of the literature |
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