Minimally invasive adrenalectomy for incidentally discovered cavernous hemangioma.
Cavernous hemangiomas are rare, benign, non-functioning neoplastic lesions that often involve liver and skin. Hemangiomas of the adrenal gland are very uncommon, and usually found accidentally in otherwise asymptomatic patients. This paper reports the only case of a large cavernous hemangioma removed with transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy and reviews the literature.
Nigri
Giuseppe
G
Department of Surgery, University of Rome La Sapienza, II School of Medicine, St. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy. giuseppe.nigri@uniroma1.it
Bellagamba
Riccardo
R
Giaccaglia
Valentina
V
Felicioni
Francesco
F
Aurello
Paolo
P
D'Angelo
Francesco
F
Del Gaudio
Massimo
M
Ramacciato
Giovanni
G
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged