Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage after hip arthroplasty: an initially misdiagnosed case
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Unilateral adrenal hemorrhage after total knee arthroplasty.
Adrenal hemorrhage (AH) is a rare but serious condition that is often diagnosed at autopsy. Unilateral adrenal hemorrhage (UAH) in adults is extremely rare and is often due to trauma or anticoagulation or is associated with systemic illness. The case of a 73-year-old man who was diagnosed with UAH several days after an elective total knee replacement is presented. The patient had an uncomplicat...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Urology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1471-2490
DOI: 10.1186/s12894-019-0536-7