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Bilateral adrenal haemorrhage secondary to intra-abdominal sepsis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Bilateral adrenal haemorrhage is a rare cause of adrenal failure. Clinical features are non-specific and therefore a high index of suspicion must be maintained in patients at risk. Predisposing factors include infection, malignancy and the post-operative state. CASE PRESENTATION: We re...

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Autores principales: Egan, Aoife M, Larkin, John O, Ryan, Ronan S, Waldron, Ronan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829879
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6894