Adrenal pseudocyst presenting as acute abdomen during pregnancy

Pseudocysts of the adrenal gland are rare lesions, which are usually discovered as incidental findings. Since they are in the majority of cases non-functioning, they become symptomatic only when they are complicated with rupture, haemorrhage or infection. We present a case of a 28-year-old woman in...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Acta chirurgica belgica 2006-11, Vol.106 (6), p.722-725
Main Authors: PAPAZIOGAS, B, KATSIKAS, B, PSARALEXIS, K, MAKRIS, J, CHATZIMAVROUDIS, G, TSIAOUSIS, P, DRAGOUMIS, D, RADOPOULOS, K, PANAGIOTOPOULOU, K, ATMATZIDIS, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen, Acute - etiology
Abdomen, Acute - surgery
Adrenal Gland Diseases - diagnosis
Adrenal Gland Diseases - surgery
Adrenalectomy
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cysts - diagnosis
Cysts - surgery
Female
General aspects
Hemorrhage - etiology
Hemorrhage - surgery
Humans
Medical sciences
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications - surgery
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Pseudocysts of the adrenal gland are rare lesions, which are usually discovered as incidental findings. Since they are in the majority of cases non-functioning, they become symptomatic only when they are complicated with rupture, haemorrhage or infection. We present a case of a 28-year-old woman in the 26th gestational week, who developed an acute abdomen due to a haemorrhagic pseudocyst of the left adrenal. The patient was submitted to left adrenalectomy. The described case is the third reported case of cystic adrenal lesion discovered during pregnancy and only the first reported case of acute presentation of an adrenal pseudocyst during pregnancy.
ISSN:0001-5458
DOI:10.1080/00015458.2006.11679993