title: Acute hemorrhage into adrenal pseudocyst presenting with shock: diagnostic dilemmas--report of three cases and review of literature.
abstract: We report three cases of acutely bleeding adrenal pseudocysts presenting as hemorrhagic shock. Pregnancy was associated in two cases. The diagnostic dilemmas are discussed with special reference to their unusual presentations, diagnosis, and treatment. We believe that our cases, complicated by intracystic hemorrhage, may be related to pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Stanley Medical College Hospital, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: Amarapathy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sivasankar
authors.forename: Sathyanesan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeswanth
authors.forename: Maria Antony
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Palaniappan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
authors.forename: Shanmugasundaram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajendran
authors.forename: Devy Gounder
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: Rajagopal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Surendran
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome