Table 1. Prior Cases of Adrenal Abscesses Associated with Disseminated Nocardiosis.

AIDS - acquired immune deficiency syndrome; RA - rheumatoid arthritis; TNF - tumor necrosis factor; TPN - total parenteral nutrition; HD - hemodialysis; IVC - inferior vena cava; CNS - central nervous system 

No.	Reference	Age/Sex	Presenting symptoms	Predisposing Factor	Abscess Location	Metastatic spread	Adrenal intervention?	Nocardia spp.	Death
1	Kim, et al. [9]	38/Male	Left upper quadrant abdominal pain, fever, chills	Yes (AIDS)	Left	Paraaortic and mesenteric lymphadenopathy	Laparoscopic drainage	Asteroides	Yes
2	Arabi, et al. [7]	39/Male	Epigastric pain, fever, vomiting	Yes (AIDS)	Bilateral	CNS	None	Asteroides	No
3	Midiri, et al. [10]	49/Female	Fever, left flank pain	Yes (chronic steroids for RA)	Left	Spleen	Adrenalectomy	Asteroides	No
4	Chong, et al. [8]	34/Male	Fever, left loin pain, hematuria	Yes (AIDS)	Left	None	Laparoscopic drainage	Asteroides	No
5	Tachezy, et al. [5]	71/Female	Fever, non-productive cough, adynamia	Yes (malnutrition)	Right	Right hepatic capsule, right renal capsule, IVC, CNS	Adrenalectomy with resection of IVC, diaphragm, retroperitoneum, and Gerota’s fascia	Farcinica	No
6	Al Tawfiq, et al. [4]	66/Female	Fever, left upper quadrant pain	Yes (TNF -alpha therapy for chronic psoriasis)	Bilateral	Left renal vein, spleen, retroperitoneal & mesenteric lymphadenopathy	None	Farcinica	Yes
7	de Montmollin, et al. [6]	59/Female	Fever, right lumbar region pain	Yes (chronic TPN, HD, malnutrition)	Right	None	Laparoscopic drainage	Farcinica, araoensis, otitidiscaviarum	Yes
8	This case	69/Male	Fever, night sweats, left upper quadrant abdominal pain	No	Left	CNS, bone marrow, left renal vein	None	Farcinica	No