TY - JOUR JO - Archives of Medical Science SN - 1734-1922 VL - 6 IS - 1 PY - 2010 ID - Paluszkiewicz2010 TI - Spontaneous rupture of adrenal haemangioma mimicking abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture AB - Serious bleeding from a ruptured adrenal mass limits preoperative diagnostics and can necessitate urgent laparotomy to control blood loss. A 45-year old man underwent an emergency laparotomy due to severe retroperitoneal haemorrhage causing hypovolaemia. Detailed retroperitoneal dissection after splenectomy and clamping of the abdominal aorta revealed bleeding from a ruptured haemangioma of the left adrenal gland. Following a left adrenalectomy, the patient returned to a stable haemodynamic state. Adrenal haemangiomas are rare, but may cause spontaneous life-threatening haemorrhage. AU - Paluszkiewicz, Piotr AU - Ambroziak, Iwona AU - Hołynska-Dąbrowska, Katarzyna AU - Siezieniewska-Skowrońska, Zofia AU - Paluszkiewicz, Andrzej SP - 122 EP - 125 DA - 2010 DO - 10.5114/aoms.2010.13519 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2010.13519 ER -