1 Nov 2013Case Report
Bilateral cavernous hemangiomas of the adrenal glands. Presentation and management of an unusual incidental findings
Laura Lorenzon 1Vincenzo Ziparo 1Salvatore Caterino 1Andrea Vecchione 2Alessandra Camboni 2Marco Cavallini 1
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Article Info
1 Surgical and Medical Department of Clinical Sciences, Biomedical Technologies and Translational Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
2 Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2013, 84(6), 693-697;
Published: 1 Nov 2013
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cavernous hemangiomas are rare tumors, mainly localized in the liver and skin, but also reported in the cerebellum and eye fundus as a part of von Hippel Lindau Syndrome. Adrenal hemangiomas are less than 1% of all the adrenal neoplasms and usually are reported as benign, non-functioning tumors, originating from the adrenal cortex and surrounded by normal or hyperplastic adrenal tissue. CASE REPORT: We report the case of patient with bilateral hemangiomas of the adrenal glands associated with a subclinical hypercortisolism, incidentally detected during the pre-operative staging evaluation of a right colon cancer. DISCUSSION: To the best of our knowledge, this is the third bilateral adrenal hemangioma ever reported case, the first one treated with surgical resection (right adrenalectomy and surgical resection of the left adrenal mass, sparing the left adrenal gland below). Pathogenesis, presentation and management of this rare neoplasm are here reviewed and discussed.
Keywords
- Adrenal glands
- Cavernous hemangiomas
- Liver
- Skin