Adrenal hemorrhage mimicking an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
The adrenal gland is the most common site of extranodal spread from primary lung cancer. We report a case of adrenal hemorrhage secondary to metastasis in a patient with primary large cell carcinoma of the lung presenting as a suspected ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Thompson
Kadee E
KE
Division of Urology, University of Missouri-Columbia Hospitals and Clinics, 65212, USA.
Willard
T Brian
TB
Kuvshinoff
Boris
B
Teague
J Lynn
JL
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male