[Bilateral post-traumatic adrenal hemorrhage. Report of a case with acute adrenal insufficiency].
Bilateral adrenal haemorrhage of traumatic origin is rarely observed or possibly missed in severely multi-traumatised patients. It can lead to a potentially fatal adrenal shock. Its emergency diagnosis is made by imaging techniques, usually by CT-scan. Early substitution therapy has to be done. This complication emphasizes the importance of an immediate abdominal morphological exploration in multi-traumatized patients when this is feasible.
Baccot
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Service de chirurgie générale et digestive, CHU de Saint-Etienne, hôpital nord, France.
Tiffet
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O
Bonnot
P
P
Perrot
L
L
Cuilleret
J
J
D000208:Acute Disease; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications