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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2024

An imaging and diagnostic conundrum-the adrenal haemangioma.

Tiffany Tan, Jason Diab, Philip Chia, Amandeep Singh, Peter Campbell, Ronald Guevara

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Tiffany TanDepartment of Endocrine Surgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7369-1514
Jason DiabDepartment of Endocrine Surgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.
Philip ChiaDepartment of Endocrine Surgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.
Amandeep SinghDepartment of Endocrine Surgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.
Peter CampbellDepartment of Endocrine Surgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.
Ronald GuevaraDepartment of Endocrine Surgery, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.

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Abstract

The adrenal haemangioma, a rare benign vascular tumour, is increasingly detected through abdominal imaging. Just over 70 surgical cases have been reported since 1955. Their potential large size and overlapping imaging features with adrenocortical carcinoma poses a diagnostic challenge. Adrenalectomy is often needed for a definitive diagnosis due to inconclusive imaging. We report the case of a 61-year-old female presenting with an incidental finding of a right-sided 9.5-cm adrenal mass on imaging. Due to the risk of adrenocortical carcinoma with inconclusive imaging findings, an open right adrenalectomy was performed. The patient was discharged after 6 days with no complications. Post-surgical histopathology confirmed a diagnosis of adrenal haemangioma with a secondary adrenal pseudocyst. The presence of an adrenal incidentaloma with discordant radiological features proves to be a diagnostic conundrum. Therefore, in the setting of contradictory radiology and concerning mass size, we recommend adrenalectomy for definitive diagnosis of an adrenal haemangioma.

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adrenalectomyadrenal haemangiomaadrenal incidentalomacavernous adrenal haemangioma

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PMCPMC11068444

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