This patient had a past medical history of adrenal hemorrhage. If this was not known then the differential diagnosis for this incidental findings includes:
Hemorrhage
- sepsis : Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
- blunt abdominal trauma
- neonatal asphyxia
- coagulopathy
- infants : calcification seen soon after hemorrhage (as early as 1 - 2 weeks)
Infection
Adrenal tumors
Other
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Addison disease
- uncommon in primary Addison disease; calcification suggests an underlying cause (e.g. infection)
- Wolman disease