Hemorrhagic shock secondary to spontaneous rupture of a non-secretory adrenal cortical tumour: A case report.

Can Urol Assoc J

Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK;

Published: December 2010

A 21-year-old female presented with left-sided loin pain and profound circulatory shock. After emergency laparotomy, angiography, embolisation and histological investigation, a diagnosis of spontaneous rupture of a benign non-secretory adrenal cortical tumour was made. To our knowledge, this is the only reported case of this diagnosis.

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