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Unilateral adrenal hemorrhagic infarction in essential thrombocythemia

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Burnet, Guillaume [UCL] Lambert, Michel [UCL] Annet, Laurence [UCL] Lefebvre, Chantal [UCL]

Adrenal hemorrhage is a rare disease associated with various conditions. We report a case of a 68-year-old woman with abdominal and back pain. The diagnostic work-up showed a left adrenal gland infarction associated with essential thrombocythemia. Treatment consisted in painkillers and treating the underlying condition in order to prevent further thrombotic events.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Publication date 2015
Language Anglais
Journal information "Acta Clinica Belgica" - Vol. 70, no.6, p. 461-462 (2015)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Taylor & Francis ((United Kingdom) Abingdon)
issn 1784-3286
e-issn 2295-3337
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - (SLuc) Service de médecine interne et maladies infectieuses (MIMI)
UCL - (SLuc) Service de radiologie
UCL - SSS/IREC/FATH - Pôle de Pharmacologie et thérapeutique
UCL - SSS/IREC/SLUC - Pôle St.-Luc
MESH Subject Adrenal Gland Diseases ; Adrenal Glands ; Aged ; Female ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Infarction ; Thrombocythemia, Essential
Keywords Adrenal infarction ; Essential thrombocythemia ; Venous thrombosis
Links
  1. J. Michiels, Z. Berneman, W. Schroyens, G. Krestin, Bilateral adrenal swelling as a cause of chest, back, and upper abdominal pain in essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera is due to microvascular ischemic thrombosis rather than to hemorrhage, 10.1007/s00277-002-0500-5
  2. Kojima K., Fujii N., Takata S., Tezen T., Morikawa T., Kaneda K., Takenaka K., Itoshima T., Tanimoto M., Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage in essential thrombocythemia, 10.1007/s00277-002-0468-1
  3. Riddell A. M., Khalili K., Sequential Adrenal Infarction Without MRI-Detectable Hemorrhage in Primary Antiphospholipid-Antibody Syndrome, 10.2214/ajr.183.1.1830220
Bibliographic reference Burnet, Guillaume ; Lambert, Michel ; Annet, Laurence ; Lefebvre, Chantal. Unilateral adrenal hemorrhagic infarction in essential thrombocythemia. In: Acta Clinica Belgica, Vol. 70, no.6, p. 461-462 (2015)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/176346