Nontraumatic adrenal hemorrhage: the adrenal stress
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Nontraumatic adrenal hemorrhage: the adrenal stress
Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage is a rare condition, which is burdened by potentially life-threatening consequences related to the development of acute adrenal insufficiency. Despite treatment with stress-dose glucocorticoids, a mortality rate of 15% has been reported, which varies according to the severity of underlying predisposing illness and could be much more higher if the adrenal insufficien...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiology Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1930-0433
DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.03.020