Hemorrhage; Unusual Presentation of Adrenal Hemangioma

Elizabeth Johnson¹, Ahmed Sherif^1, , Fernando Bermudez¹, Michael Markow¹, Jennifer Eatrides² and Douglas Ivancsits¹

¹Radiology Department, USF, Tampa, USA

²Hematology and Oncology Department, USF, Tampa, USA

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Elizabeth Johnson, Ahmed Sherif, Fernando Bermudez, Michael Markow, Jennifer Eatrides and Douglas Ivancsits. Hemorrhage; Unusual Presentation of Adrenal Hemangioma. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2016; 4(7):248-250. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-4-7-9

Abstract

Cavernous hemangioma is a vascular tumor that are usually incidentally discovered during routine radiologic evaluation. Adrenal cavernous hemangioma is extremely rare benign tumor of the adrenal gland. We report a case of a 75 year old female presented to the emergency department with a bleeding adrenal cavernous hemangioma. A review of the literature, multimodality imaging features, and differential diagnosis of adrenal hemangioma is discussed.

Keywords

atypical hemangioma, adrenal mass, CT

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