title: Massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage owing to a ruptured adrenal cyst.
abstract: We report a rare case of massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage owing to rupture of an adrenal cyst after blunt abdominal trauma. A large retroperitoneal hematoma was evacuated and subtotal adrenalectomy was performed. Convalescence was uneventful. Histology revealed an endothelial-lined adrenal cyst suggesting a vascular or lymphatic etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pasciak
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000293:injuries; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012421:Rupture; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications