Complications of adrenal venography

Abstract

A patient is described in whom bilateral adrenal venography induced thrombotic infarction of both adrenal glands. A survey of the literature indicates that in about 5 per cent of cases this radiological investigation leads to complications which may be of two main types—(1) thrombosis of adrenal or iliac veins, and (2) extravasation of the contrast medium or haematoma formation in or around the suprarenal glands.