Acute abdominal pain due to atypical bilateral adrenal infarction in acute myeloid leukemia with alterations related to myelodysplasia: A case report

Abstract

Key Clinical Message Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can cause acute abdomen following adrenal insufficiency or adrenal infarction. Therefore, when diffusely enlarged adrenal glands and adrenal insufficiency of unknown cause are seen in a patient presenting with acute abdomen, adrenal infarction due to AML, or other hematologic diseases should be ruled out. Abstract A 49‐year‐old man developed acute abdominal pain following adrenal insufficiency and was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with myelodysplasia‐related changes. Because AML can cause acute abdominal pain due to adrenal infarction following adrenal insufficiency, a patient with these conditions should be ruled out adrenal infarction due to AML or other hematologic diseases.

Keywords

• adrenal insufficiency
• infarction/diagnostic imaging
• adrenal glands
• leukemia/myeloid/acute/case reports