RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute pancreatitis complicated by spontaneous unilateral adrenal hemorrhage
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 735
OP 737
VO 23
IS 6
A1 Abdulsalam S. Ibrahim
A1 Ali H. Latif
YR 2002
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/23/6/735.abstract
AB A 52-year-old lady with a history of hypertension, dilated cardiomyopathy and diabetes mellitus type 2, presented with severe upper abdominal pain and vomiting of 4 hours duration. Acute pancreatitis was diagnosed based on high serum amylase and an abdominal computerized tomography scan. On the 3rd day she developed fever, increasing abdominal pain and shortness of breath. A repeated computerized tomography scan showed severe pancreatic necrosis and right adrenal hemorrhage.