title: Unilateral spontaneous adrenal hemorrhage in a young patient.
abstract: The objective of this study was to report an unusual case of unilateral adrenal hematoma in; a 19-year-old young man who did not have a history of any specific systemic disease. The patient was admitted to hospital with chest pain that lasted for one day. Preoperative contrast-enhanced computerized tomography evaluated an adrenal mass (sized, 10.5 x 12.7 cm) adjacent to the anterior of the left kidney, and findings were indicative of adrenal hematoma. The final pathological diagnosis was adrenal adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. mferhatcmd@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Muhammet Ferhat
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Çelik
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cevher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akarsu
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Cem
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Dural
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Çikot
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa Gökhan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ünsal
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alış
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult