@article{3141658,
    title = "A rare coexistence of adrenal cavernous hemangioma with extramedullar
hemopoietic tissue: a case report and brief review of the literature",
    author = "Arkadopoulos, Nikolaos and Kyriazi, Maria and Yiallourou, Anneza I. and and Stafyla, Vaia K. and Theodosopoulos, Theodosios and Dafnios, Nikolaos and and Smyrniotis, Vassilis and Kondi-Pafiti, Agathi",
    journal = "World Journal of Surgical Oncology",
    year = "2009",
    volume = "7",
    publisher = "BMC",
    issn = "1477-7819",
    doi = "10.1186/1477-7819-7-13",
    abstract = "Background: Cavernous hemangiomas of the adrenal gland are rare, benign,
non-functioning neoplastic tumors. To our knowledge, 55 cases have been
reported in the literature to date.
Case presentation: We report the first case of a large, non-functioning
adrenal cavernous hemangioma that was incidentally found during the
preoperative staging workup of a 75 year old woman with left breast
adenocarcinoma. Imaging with US, CT scan and MRI showed a heterogeneous
8 cm mass with non-specific radiological features that was located on
the left adrenal gland. The mass was surgically excised and pathology
revealed an adrenal hemangioma with areas of extramedullar hemopoiesis.
Conclusion: Although adrenal hemangiomas are rare and their preoperative
diagnosis is difficult, they should always be included in the
differential diagnosis of adrenal neoplasms."
}