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Adrenal Abscesses: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Objective: To summarize the existing knowledge about adrenal gland abscesses, including etiology, clinical presentation, common laboratory and imaging findings, management and overall morbidity and mortality. Design: Systematic literature review. Methods: We performed a search in the PubMed database...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10380332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510716 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144601 |
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author | Gligorijevic, Nikola Kaljevic, Marija Radovanovic, Natasa Jovanovic, Filip Joksimovic, Bojan Singh, Sandra Dumic, Igor |
author_facet | Gligorijevic, Nikola Kaljevic, Marija Radovanovic, Natasa Jovanovic, Filip Joksimovic, Bojan Singh, Sandra Dumic, Igor |
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description | Objective: To summarize the existing knowledge about adrenal gland abscesses, including etiology, clinical presentation, common laboratory and imaging findings, management and overall morbidity and mortality. Design: Systematic literature review. Methods: We performed a search in the PubMed database using search terms: ‘abscess and adrenal glands’, ‘adrenalitis’, ‘infection and adrenal gland’, ‘adrenal abscess’, ‘adrenal infection’ and ‘infectious adrenalitis’. Articles from 2017 to 2022 were included. We found total of 116 articles, and after applying exclusion criteria, data from 73 articles was included in the final statistical analysis. Results: Of 84 patients included in this review, 68 were male (81%), with a mean age of 55 years (range: 29 to 85 years). Weight loss was the most frequent symptom reported in 58.3% patients, followed by fever in 49%. Mean duration of symptoms was 4.5 months. The most common laboratory findings were low cortisol (51.9%), elevated ACTH (43.2%), hyponatremia (88.2%) and anemia (83.3%). Adrenal cultures were positive in 86.4% cases, with Histoplasma capsulatum (37.3%) being the leading causative agent. Blood cultures were positive in 30% of patients. The majority of the adrenal infections occurred through secondary dissemination from other infectious foci and abscesses were more commonly bilateral (70%). A total of 46.4% of patients developed long-term adrenal insufficiency requiring treatment. Abscess drainage was performed in 7 patients (8.3%) and adrenalectomy was performed in 18 (21.4%) patients. The survival rate was 92.9%. Multivariate analysis showed that the only independent risk factor for mortality was thrombocytopenia (p = 0.048). Conclusion: Our review shows that adrenal abscesses are usually caused by fungal pathogens, and among these, Histoplasma capsulatum is the most common. The adrenal glands are usually involved in a bilateral fashion and become infected through dissemination from other primary sources of infection. Long-term adrenal insufficiency develops in 46% of patients, which is more common than what is observed in non-infectious etiology of adrenal gland disorders. Mortality is about 7%, and the presence of thrombocytopenia is associated with worse prognosis. Further prospective studies are needed to better characterize optimal testing and treatment duration in patients with this relatively rare but challenging disorder. |
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spelling | pubmed-103803322023-07-29 Adrenal Abscesses: A Systematic Review of the Literature Gligorijevic, Nikola Kaljevic, Marija Radovanovic, Natasa Jovanovic, Filip Joksimovic, Bojan Singh, Sandra Dumic, Igor J Clin Med Review Objective: To summarize the existing knowledge about adrenal gland abscesses, including etiology, clinical presentation, common laboratory and imaging findings, management and overall morbidity and mortality. Design: Systematic literature review. Methods: We performed a search in the PubMed database using search terms: ‘abscess and adrenal glands’, ‘adrenalitis’, ‘infection and adrenal gland’, ‘adrenal abscess’, ‘adrenal infection’ and ‘infectious adrenalitis’. Articles from 2017 to 2022 were included. We found total of 116 articles, and after applying exclusion criteria, data from 73 articles was included in the final statistical analysis. Results: Of 84 patients included in this review, 68 were male (81%), with a mean age of 55 years (range: 29 to 85 years). Weight loss was the most frequent symptom reported in 58.3% patients, followed by fever in 49%. Mean duration of symptoms was 4.5 months. The most common laboratory findings were low cortisol (51.9%), elevated ACTH (43.2%), hyponatremia (88.2%) and anemia (83.3%). Adrenal cultures were positive in 86.4% cases, with Histoplasma capsulatum (37.3%) being the leading causative agent. Blood cultures were positive in 30% of patients. The majority of the adrenal infections occurred through secondary dissemination from other infectious foci and abscesses were more commonly bilateral (70%). A total of 46.4% of patients developed long-term adrenal insufficiency requiring treatment. Abscess drainage was performed in 7 patients (8.3%) and adrenalectomy was performed in 18 (21.4%) patients. The survival rate was 92.9%. Multivariate analysis showed that the only independent risk factor for mortality was thrombocytopenia (p = 0.048). Conclusion: Our review shows that adrenal abscesses are usually caused by fungal pathogens, and among these, Histoplasma capsulatum is the most common. The adrenal glands are usually involved in a bilateral fashion and become infected through dissemination from other primary sources of infection. Long-term adrenal insufficiency develops in 46% of patients, which is more common than what is observed in non-infectious etiology of adrenal gland disorders. Mortality is about 7%, and the presence of thrombocytopenia is associated with worse prognosis. Further prospective studies are needed to better characterize optimal testing and treatment duration in patients with this relatively rare but challenging disorder. MDPI 2023-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10380332/ /pubmed/37510716 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144601 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Gligorijevic, Nikola Kaljevic, Marija Radovanovic, Natasa Jovanovic, Filip Joksimovic, Bojan Singh, Sandra Dumic, Igor Adrenal Abscesses: A Systematic Review of the Literature |
title | Adrenal Abscesses: A Systematic Review of the Literature |
title_full | Adrenal Abscesses: A Systematic Review of the Literature |
title_fullStr | Adrenal Abscesses: A Systematic Review of the Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Adrenal Abscesses: A Systematic Review of the Literature |
title_short | Adrenal Abscesses: A Systematic Review of the Literature |
title_sort | adrenal abscesses: a systematic review of the literature |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10380332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37510716 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12144601 |
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