title: A rare coexistence of adrenal cavernous hemangioma with extramedullar hemopoietic tissue: a case report and brief review of the literature.
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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although adrenal hemangiomas are rare and their preoperative diagnosis is difficult, they should always be included in the differential diagnosis of adrenal neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens University School of Medicine, Athens, Greece. narkado@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arkadopoulos
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kyriazi
authors.forename: Anneza I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Yiallourou
authors.forename: Vaia K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Stafyla
authors.forename: Theodosios
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Theodosopoulos
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dafnios
authors.forename: Vassilis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smyrniotis
authors.forename: Agathi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kondi-Pafiti
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed