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Adrenal tumours in pregnancy: diagnostic challenge and management dilemma.
- Source :
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Singapore medical journal [Singapore Med J] 2013 Jul; Vol. 54 (7), pp. e141-5. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Adrenal gland tumours in pregnancy are very rare occurrences and have highly variable clinical presentations. The timely diagnosis of adrenal tumours in pregnancy is extremely important, as failure to do so may lead to fatality. As there is limited published literature on adrenal tumours in pregnancy and no consensus on its management, the management of such patients with regard to medical and surgical treatments, as well as timing of delivery, must therefore be individualised and carried out with multidisciplinary expertise. We present two cases of adrenal tumours in pregnancy, both with favourable outcomes and variable gestations. Our first and second cases discuss a large phaeochromocytoma and a cortisol-secreting adrenal cortical adenoma in pregnancy, respectively.
- Subjects :
- Adrenalectomy
Adult
Biomarkers blood
Biomarkers urine
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Laparoscopy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pregnancy
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms diagnosis
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms surgery
Pheochromocytoma diagnosis
Pheochromocytoma surgery
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2737-5935
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Singapore medical journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23592251
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2013068