AI Article Synopsis
- Spontaneous adrenal hemorrhage (SAH) occurs without trauma or tumors, mainly affecting the right adrenal gland, with an incidence between 0.14% and 1.1%.
- During pregnancy, idiopathic unilateral SAH is rare, but it can happen.
- The case presented involves a patient who arrived at the emergency department with acute abdominal pain, which was diagnosed as spontaneous left SAH.
Article Abstract
Spontaneous adrenal hemorrhage (SAH) is seen in the absence of trauma or adrenal tumor in adrenal glands. The incidence of SAH has been reported from 0.14% to 1.1% and it usually involves the right gland. During pregnancy, idiopathic unilateral SAH has been reported rarely. We present a case which comes to emergency department with an acute abdominal pain and the test results showed spontaneous left SAH.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747485 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/912494 | DOI Listing |
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