Calcified neonatal adrenal hemorrhage: diagnostic and therapeutic considerations.
We present the case of a premature infant in whom adrenal calcification was present at birth and postulate an etiology of in utero adrenal hemorrhage. The subject of neonatal adrenal hemorrhage is reviewed with respect to a reassessment of diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. Ultrasonography and intravenous urography confirm the diagnosis and differentiate other retroperitoneal lesions. Adrenal hemorrhage is most often a self-limited process, and medical management results in uneventful recovery of almost all patients.
D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy