title: Giant adrenal pseudocyst presenting with gastric outlet obstruction and hypertension.
abstract: Adrenal pseudocysts are rare lesions that are usually nonfunctioning and asymptomatic. We describe a patient who presented with nonspecific upper abdominal pain, vomiting, and hypertension. Ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a giant left adrenal cyst. Routine laboratory tests and endocrine function tests were all normal. The patient underwent surgery, and the cyst was completely removed. Histologic examination showed that the cystic wall consisted of fibrous tissue without an epithelial or endothelial lining, and a diagnosis of an adrenal pseudocyst was made. Symptoms of pyloric obstruction resolved after pseudocyst removal. His blood pressure normalized and he was normotensive and symptom free 6 years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastasios J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Karayiannakis
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polychronidis
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Simopoulos
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged