BMC Surgery (Apr 2021)

Adrenal cavernous hemangioma misdiagnosed as pheochromocytoma: a case report

  • Ting Huang,
  • Qing Yang,
  • Yang Hu,
  • Hai-Xiao Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01195-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

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Abstract Background Adrenal hemangioma is a rare benign adrenal tumor that is usually misdiagnosed preoperatively. We here present a case of adrenal cavernous hemangioma that was successfully treated with retroperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Case presentation A 67-year-old man with dull right back pain attended our clinic for examination of a mass on the right adrenal gland for 1 week. Pheochromocytoma was considered according to the preoperative computed tomography angiography + computed tomography urography findings and was subsequently corrected to adrenal gland hemangioma according to postoperative pathological findings. The patient showed no recurrence of adrenal hemangioma during the 1-year follow-up period after surgery. Conclusion Adrenal gland hemangioma is rare with a high rate of misdiagnosis, and it should be considered in imaging findings of adrenal tumors with typical hemangioma. Surgery is an effective treatment method.

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