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Adrenal hemorrhage (AH) is acute blood loss from a ruptured vessel of the adrenal glands above the kidneys. It is a rare, yet potentially fatal event that could be caused by trauma and multiple non-traumatic conditions. [1]
Adrenal hemorrhage characteristic of the Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome has been identified in several autopsies of patients who died of sepsis secondary to capnocytophaga canimorsus infection. [8] Viruses may also be implicated in adrenal problems: Cytomegalovirus can cause adrenal insufficiency, [9] especially in the immunocompromised.
This may be the result of either previously undiagnosed Addison's disease, a disease process suddenly affecting adrenal function (such as adrenal hemorrhage), or an intercurrent problem (e.g., infection, trauma) in someone known to have Addison's disease. It is a medical emergency and potentially life-threatening situation requiring immediate ...
772.14 Intraventricular hemorrhage grade IV; 772.2 Subarachnoid hemorrhage of newborn; 772.3 Umbilical hemorrhage after birth; 772.4 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage of fetus or newborn; 772.5 Adrenal hemorrhage of fetus or newborn; 772.6 Cutaneous hemorrhage of fetus or newborn; 772.8 Other specified hemorrhage of fetus or newborn; 772.9 ...
Retroperitoneal bleeds are most often caused by major trauma, such as from a traffic collisions or a fall. [3] Less common non-traumatic causes including: anticoagulation. [3] [4] [5] a ruptured aortic aneurysm. [5] a ruptured renal aneurysm. [6] acute pancreatitis. [citation needed] malignancy. [7]
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Destruction also occurs when the adrenal glands are involved in metastasis (seeding of cancer cells from elsewhere in the body, especially lung), hemorrhage (e.g. in Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome or antiphospholipid syndrome), particular infections which can spread to the adrenal cortex (tuberculosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis ...
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