title: Imaging of unilateral adrenal hemorrhages in patients after blunt abdominal trauma: Report of two cases.
abstract: Adrenal hemorrhage following blunt abdominal trauma is extremely rare. Most of the lesions are unilateral and right sided. Although often asymptomatic, life-threatening adrenal insufficiency may develop in the bilateral adrenal gland hemorrhage. Isolated adrenal injuries are very rare. They are often associated with other organ injuries. The mortality rates of patients range from 7% to 32%. In this report, we present the computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of unilateral adrenal hemorrhages in two patients with a history of fall from a height.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey. Electronic address: draslitanrivermissayit@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Asli Tanrivermis
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Sayit
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sayit
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hediye Pinar
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Gunbey
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kerim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aslan
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000328:Adult; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Adrenal glands; Blunt abdominal trauma; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging