A 30-year-old man from sub-Saharan Africa who has been living in the UK for 5 years presents with an incidental finding of bilateral adrenal calcifica...

Question

A 30-year-old man from sub-Saharan Africa who has been living in the UK for 5 years presents with an incidental finding of bilateral adrenal calcification on an abdominal CT scan. He is asymptomatic. He has a history of TB treatment 3 years ago. What is the most likely cause of bilateral adrenal calcification in this setting?

Accepted Answer

Previous adrenal tuberculosis (healed granulomatous disease with subsequent calcification)

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Adrenal metastases

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

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Phaeochromocytoma

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Adrenal adenoma

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Adrenal TB Calcification