Conditions associated with acute adrenal hemorrhage:
(1) hypoxemia in a premature or seriously ill newborn
(2) sepsis (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome)
(3) thrombosis with hypercoagulable state (antiphospholipid antibodies, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, DIC)
(4) excessive anticoagulation therapy (heparin or warfarin, often during the first 2 weeks of therapy)
(5) trauma
(6) spontaneously during pregnancy or in the early post-partum period
(7) vascular malformation or aneurysm
(8) severe hypertension, including preeclampsia
(9) postoperative, typically after abdominal surgery
(10) complication of adrenal venography
(11) cardiac disease
