Endocrine Abstracts

A 24-year-old woman presented at 33 weeks gestation with severe left-sided abdominal pain and orthopnoea. Ventilation-perfusion scan demonstrated two segmental mismatched defects consistent with bilateral pulmonary embolism. Anticoagulation with enoxaparin was commenced. MRI abdomen, carried out in view of abdominal pain, revealed a 4.5 cm left adrenal mass containing a fluid level. Appearances were in keeping with acute left adrenal haemorrhage. Imp...

A 24-year-old woman presented at 33 weeks gestation with severe left-sided abdominal pain and orthopnoea. Ventilation-perfusion scan demonstrated two segmental mismatched defects consistent with bilateral pulmonary embolism. Anticoagulation with enoxaparin was commenced. MRI abdomen, carried out in view of abdominal pain, revealed a 4.5 cm left adrenal mass containing a fluid level. Appearances were in keeping with acute left adrenal haemorrhage. Imp...