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A Rare Case of Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage

Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage (BAH) is a rare but potentially fatal entity that carries a mortality rate of 15%. Most cases are associated with sepsis, antiphospholipid syndrome, the use of anticoagulants, as well as trauma and surgery. In this case report, we present a case of BAH in a previously he...

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Autores principales: Fatima, Zainab, Tariq, Usman, Khan, Amina, Sohail, Muhammad Saad, Sheikh, Abu Baker, Bhatti, Shimron I, Munawar, Kamran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30131923
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2830
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author Fatima, Zainab
Tariq, Usman
Khan, Amina
Sohail, Muhammad Saad
Sheikh, Abu Baker
Bhatti, Shimron I
Munawar, Kamran
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description Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage (BAH) is a rare but potentially fatal entity that carries a mortality rate of 15%. Most cases are associated with sepsis, antiphospholipid syndrome, the use of anticoagulants, as well as trauma and surgery. In this case report, we present a case of BAH in a previously healthy man with a recent history of corticosteroid use. Our case emphasizes the ambiguous clinical presentation of BAH, which poses a challenge in the establishment of a correct diagnosis. We also illustrate the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and subsequent therapeutic approach to this rare clinical entity.
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spelling pubmed-61014662018-08-21 A Rare Case of Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage Fatima, Zainab Tariq, Usman Khan, Amina Sohail, Muhammad Saad Sheikh, Abu Baker Bhatti, Shimron I Munawar, Kamran Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage (BAH) is a rare but potentially fatal entity that carries a mortality rate of 15%. Most cases are associated with sepsis, antiphospholipid syndrome, the use of anticoagulants, as well as trauma and surgery. In this case report, we present a case of BAH in a previously healthy man with a recent history of corticosteroid use. Our case emphasizes the ambiguous clinical presentation of BAH, which poses a challenge in the establishment of a correct diagnosis. We also illustrate the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and subsequent therapeutic approach to this rare clinical entity. Cureus 2018-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6101466/ /pubmed/30131923 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2830 Text en Copyright © 2018, Fatima et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Fatima, Zainab
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Khan, Amina
Sohail, Muhammad Saad
Sheikh, Abu Baker
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Munawar, Kamran
A Rare Case of Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage
title A Rare Case of Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage
title_full A Rare Case of Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage
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title_short A Rare Case of Bilateral Adrenal Hemorrhage
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topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30131923
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2830
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