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副腎皮質癌破裂.Rupture of adrenal cortical cancer






図5〜図11の△は前傍腎腔の液貯留である.図1〜図6の腫瘤(↑)は左腎の前上方に位置し,図5と図6で左腎を圧排している(▲)ので副腎である.周囲に液貯留があるので副腎腫瘍の破裂を疑う.腫瘍実質は不均一だが,腫瘍内出血による血腫を含んでいる可能性があり必ずしも悪性を意味しない.手術および病理所見:副腎皮質癌cortical carcinomaと高度の出血性壊死.





文献考察:副腎出血
Radiographics. 1999 Jul-Aug;19(4):949-63.
Imaging of nontraumatic hemorrhage of the adrenal gland.
Kawashima A, Sandler CM, Ernst RD, Takahashi N, Roubidoux MA, Goldman SM, Fishman EK, Dunnick NR.

Nontraumatic hemorrhage of the adrenal gland is uncommon. The causes of such hemorrhage can be classified into five categories: (a) stress, (b) hemorrhagic diathesis or coagulopathy, (c) neonatal stress, (d) underlying adrenal tumors, and (e) idiopathic disease. Computed tomography (CT), ultrasonography (US), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging play an important role in diagnosis and management. CT is the modality of choice for evaluation of adrenal hemorrhage in a patient with a history of stress or a hemorrhagic diathesis or coagulopathy (anticoagulant therapy). CT may yield the first clue to the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency secondary to bilateral massive adrenal hemorrhage; such insufficiency is rare but life threatening. US is the modality of choice for evaluation of neonatal hematoma, and MR imaging is helpful for further characterization. MR imaging is also useful in the diagnosis of coexistent renal vein thrombosis. When an adrenal abscess is suspected, percutaneous aspiration and drainage under imaging guidance should be performed. Hemorrhage into an adrenal cyst or tumor can cause acute onset of symptoms and signs in a patient without discernible risk factors for adrenal hemorrhage. A hemorrhagic adrenal tumor should be suspected when CT or MR imaging reveals a hemorrhagic adrenal mass of heterogeneous attenuation or signal intensity that demonstrates enhancement. PMID: 10464802

Causes of Nontraumatic Adrenal Hemorrhage

Stress * ▲
Surgery
Sepsis
Burns
Hypotension
Pregnancy
Cardiovascular disease
Exogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone
Exogenous steroids

Hemorrhagic diathesis or coagulopathy (idiopathic or iatrogenic)* ▲
Anticoagulants (heparin, coumarin)
Antiphospholipid syndrome with or without systemic lupus erythematosus
Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy

Neonatal stress*
Difficult labor or delivery
Asphyxia or hypoxia
Septicemia
Hemorrhagic disorders (e.g., disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, hypoprothrombinemia)
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Associated renal vein thrombosis

Underlying adrenal tumors
Pseudocyst
Myelolipoma
Hemangioma
Pheochromocytoma*
Adrenocortical adenoma
Adrenocortical carcinoma
Metastases (bronchogenic carcinoma, angiosarcoma, melanoma)*
Idiopathic disease

* causes of bilateral adrenal hemorrhage.
▲ causes of adrenal insufficiency secondary to bilateral adrenal hemorrhage.

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