Adrenal cavernous Hemangioma;A rare diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma:A case report, and literature review

Adrenal cavernous hemangioma is an extremely rare benign tumor. To date, less than 70 cases have been reported in the literature. In most of the cases, the tumor is hormonally silent, discovered incidentally and the diagnosis is made postoperatively. Pre-operative differentiation between this benign...

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Main Authors: Samer Al-Rawashdah, Hammam Mansi, Antonio Luigi Pastore, Antonio Carbone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020303661
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spelling doaj-d0954778264b4a6cb95fc7fc9da092142020-12-15T04:09:40ZengElsevierUrology Case Reports2214-44202021-01-0134101477Adrenal cavernous Hemangioma;A rare diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma:A case report, and literature reviewSamer Al-Rawashdah0Hammam Mansi1Antonio Luigi Pastore2Antonio Carbone3Department of Special Surgery, Urology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mutah University, Karak, JordanDepartment of Special Surgery, Urology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mutah University, Karak, Jordan; Corresponding author.Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies/Urology Unit, Sapienza University - Polo Pontino - ICOT Hospital, Via Franco Faggiana, 1668, 04100, Latina, ItalyDepartment of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies/Urology Unit, Sapienza University - Polo Pontino - ICOT Hospital, Via Franco Faggiana, 1668, 04100, Latina, ItalyAdrenal cavernous hemangioma is an extremely rare benign tumor. To date, less than 70 cases have been reported in the literature. In most of the cases, the tumor is hormonally silent, discovered incidentally and the diagnosis is made postoperatively. Pre-operative differentiation between this benign tumor and other malignant adrenal tumors is challenging. In this article we present a case of a non-functioning adrenal incidentaloma that was managed by laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The post-operative histological diagnosis was adrenal cavernous hemangioma.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020303661Adrenal incidentalomaLaparoscopic adrenalectomyCavernous hemangioma
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author Samer Al-Rawashdah
Hammam Mansi
Antonio Luigi Pastore
Antonio Carbone
spellingShingle Samer Al-Rawashdah
Hammam Mansi
Antonio Luigi Pastore
Antonio Carbone
Adrenal cavernous Hemangioma;A rare diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma:A case report, and literature review
Urology Case Reports
Adrenal incidentaloma
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
Cavernous hemangioma
author_facet Samer Al-Rawashdah
Hammam Mansi
Antonio Luigi Pastore
Antonio Carbone
author_sort Samer Al-Rawashdah
title Adrenal cavernous Hemangioma;A rare diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma:A case report, and literature review
title_short Adrenal cavernous Hemangioma;A rare diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma:A case report, and literature review
title_full Adrenal cavernous Hemangioma;A rare diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma:A case report, and literature review
title_fullStr Adrenal cavernous Hemangioma;A rare diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma:A case report, and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Adrenal cavernous Hemangioma;A rare diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma:A case report, and literature review
title_sort adrenal cavernous hemangioma;a rare diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma:a case report, and literature review
publisher Elsevier
series Urology Case Reports
issn 2214-4420
publishDate 2021-01-01
description Adrenal cavernous hemangioma is an extremely rare benign tumor. To date, less than 70 cases have been reported in the literature. In most of the cases, the tumor is hormonally silent, discovered incidentally and the diagnosis is made postoperatively. Pre-operative differentiation between this benign tumor and other malignant adrenal tumors is challenging. In this article we present a case of a non-functioning adrenal incidentaloma that was managed by laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The post-operative histological diagnosis was adrenal cavernous hemangioma.
topic Adrenal incidentaloma
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
Cavernous hemangioma
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442020303661
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