Adrenal hemorrhage diagnosed by ultrasonically-guided biopsy.
Adrenal hemorrhage in adults is an uncommon disease and is usually associated with systemic diseases, trauma or anticoagulation. When adrenal hemorrhage is discovered in chronic course without any suggestive clinical settings, it is difficult to distinguish adrenal hemorrhage correctly before surgical resection. We present a case of adrenal hemorrhage which was incidentally detected as an adrenal mass and was successfully treated in a conservative way based upon histopathological findings obtained by ultrasonically guided biopsy.
Ochiai
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Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Ukimura
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Tanaka
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Kojima
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D000303:Adrenal Cortex Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019370:Observation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography