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A Rare Cavernous Hemangioma of the Adrenal Gland
Cheng Pang1, Pengjie Wu2, Gang Zhu1
1Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China; Department of Urology, Cancer Hospital & Institution, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
Abstract:
Adrenal cavernous hemangiomas are rare nonfunctioning benign tumors. This case report presents a patient with a huge nonfunctioning adrenal cavernous hemangioma presenting as an adrenal incidentaloma suspicious for adrenal myelolipoma. Although adrenal cavernous hemangiomas are rare, they should be considered as a part of the differential diagnosis of adrenal neoplasms. The proper treatment is surgical excision due the risk of spontaneous tumor rupture and the difficulty of ruling out malignancy.
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