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Case Report A Case of Traumatic Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage Mimicking Bilateral Adrenal Adenomas.
Min Jung Lee, Gi Ae Kim, Jung Eun Jang, Hyo In Choi, Seo Hyun Lee, Gwang Beom Koh, Ga Hee Kim, Min Seon Kim
Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science 2012;29(1):35-37
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2012.29.1.35
Published online: June 30, 2012
Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mskim@amc.seoul.kr
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Adrenal hemorrhages caused by blunt abdominal trauma have been frequently reported, and most of the lesions are unilateral. In contrast, bilateral hemorrhage of the adrenal glands after trauma rarely occurs in subjects with predisposing conditions such as coagulopathy, thromboembolism, and sepsis. Furthermore, bilateral hemorrhage of the adrenal glands is potentially fatal by inducing acute adrenal insufficiency. Here,a case of a 40-year-old man who developed traumatic bilateral adrenal hemorrhage after a car accident, without any predisposing condition, is reported. The spontaneous shrinkage of the bilateral lesions revealed in the follow-up abdominal computed tomography (CT) scansupported the aforementioned diagnosis. Fortunately, the patient had no clinical or biochemical evidence suggesting acute adrenal insufficiency. To these authors' knowledge, this is the first South Korean report of traumatic bilateral adrenal hemorrhage in a subject with no predisposing factors.

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