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A rare case of a giant haemorrhagic adrenal cyst

Author(s) -

Douglas Kaderabek,

Nancy A. McLeod,

Thomas Tigges

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of surgical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14

H-Index - 3

ISSN - 2042-8812

DOI - 10.1093/jscr/2012.6.16

Subject(s) - medicine , exploratory laparotomy , laparotomy , computed tomography , work up , radiology , abdominal computed tomography , abdominal mass , endocrine system , surgery , hormone

Giant adrenal cysts are an infrequent encounter in surgical practice. In this article we discuss a case of a 66 year old woman who presented with increasing abdominal girth and was subsequently found to have a large retroperitoneal mass on computed tomography (CT) scan. After a thorough endocrine work up was completed, the patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy with resection of a giant adrenal mass. This was ultimately found to be a haemorrhagic cyst. This case highlights the clinical features and management of this relatively rare finding.

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