Hemorrhage and subsequent calcification of the suprarenal

The adrenal cortex in childhood. 2. Pathological aspects.

“…Important causes of adrenal haemorrhage in the newborn infant are trauma due to difficult delivery, anoxia, shock, prematurity, haemorrhagic diseases, and infections. Small bilateral adrenal haemorrhages may occur with rapid subsequent calcification (Snelling and Erb, 1935;Rack and Eiben, 1951;Stevens and Tomsykoski, 1954;Gardner, 1957;Jarvis and Seaman, 1959;Stevenson, MacGregor, and Connelly, 1961), while massive haemorrhage with rupture into the peritoneal cavity has been described (Hill and Williams, 1959).…”

Addison's Disease in Infancy

“…It is difficult to estimate when the adrenal haemorrhage occurred. The relative frequency with which adrenal haemorrhage occurs at birth and the knowledge that such haemorrhage is not always imnuediately fatal (Potter, 1952;Snelling and Erb, 1935;Emery and Zachary, 1952) suggest that it occurred at this time.…”

Hemorragia suprarrenal en el recién nacido

“…Solo cuando la hemorragia es muy extensa, puede dar signos de colapso con distension abdominal (4)(5). En estos casos deberia hacersc cl diagnostico diferencial con otras causas de hemorragia intraabdominal en el recien nacido (hepatica, esplenica y renal) (1-2-6-7).…”