title: Giant cavernous hemangioma of the adrenal gland.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cavernous hemangioma of the adrenal gland is a rare non-functioning benign neoplasm.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 62-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was diagnosed as having an incidental non-functioning adrenal tumor. Because of the impossibility of ruling out the presence of malignancy, conventional surgical resection was carried out. The histopathology revealed a 12.5cm×11.5cm×8cm adrenal mass with large and lacunae vascular spaces lined with mature endothelial cells. These findings were compatible with cavernous hemangioma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of patients in the literature underwent surgical resection due to the impossibility of excluding malignancy, because of related symptoms in patients with large masses, or because of the risk of spontaneous tumoral rupture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These tumors are quite infrequent. Due to the low frequency and the lack of specific symptoms, most adrenal hemangiomas are diagnosed postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: squildrian@intramed.net.
authors.forename: Sergio Damián
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Quildrian
authors.forename: Ezequiel Aníbal
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Silberman
authors.forename: Felix Alberto
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Vigovich
authors.forename: Eduardo Agustín
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Porto