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Adrenal Pseudoaneurysm Due to Blunt Trauma

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Blunt trauma to adrenal glands causing pseudoaneurysm is relatively uncommon. We report a case of an adrenal pseudoaneurysm in a young man who had a blunt abdominal trauma. The pseudoaneurysm was embolized. Pseudoaneurysm formation is a significant, albeit rare complication and can lead to adrenal hemorrhage. Currently, best treatment option is embolization. There is little known about natural course of a pseudoaneurysm, and there are no controlled trails in regard to follow up computed tomography (CT) scans in blunt solid organ injury.

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  1. State Trauma Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street Campus, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia

    Nikhil Agrawal, Sudhakar Rao, Rene Zellweger & Tom Knight

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Agrawal, N., Rao, S., Zellweger, R. et al. Adrenal Pseudoaneurysm Due to Blunt Trauma. Indian J Surg 75 (Suppl 1), 155–157 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0578-5

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