title: Minimally invasive adrenalectomy for incidentally discovered cavernous hemangioma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Rome La Sapienza, II School of Medicine, St. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy. giuseppe.nigri@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nigri
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellagamba
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Giaccaglia
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Felicioni
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aurello
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Gaudio
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramacciato
mesh_terms: 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