Adrenocortical neoplasm disguised as a post-traumatic perinephric hematoma.
Trauma and cancer are entities that are encountered frequently by surgeons and occasionally may exist simultaneously in certain patients. Illustrated here is the case of a man with a perinephric mass, discovered during evaluation for blunt abdominal trauma, which was originally thought to be a perinephric hematoma and later proved to be an adrenocortical carcinoma.
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Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO 63110, USA.
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed