Adult adrenal haemorrhage: an unrecognised complication of renal vein thrombosis.
There are many predisposing factors for neonatal adrenal haemorrhage but the causative factors are different in adults. Several cases of neonatal adrenal haemorrhage have been reported in association with renal vein thrombosis. This complication has not been documented in the adults. The presence of an adrenal mass in the setting of renal vein thrombosis should raise the possibility of adrenal haemorrhage even though this is extremely uncommon in adults.
Loke
T K
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Department of Radiology and Organ Imaging, United Christian Hospital, 130, Hip Wo Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. lokekl@ha.org.hk
D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012082:Renal Veins; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging