Korean J Gastroenterol.  2010 Nov;56(5):273-275. 10.4166/kjg.2010.56.5.273.

A Case of Adrenal Hemangioma Misdiagnosed as a Pancreatic Tail Tumor

• Cheong JH
• Kim GH

• KMID: 1718367
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2010.56.5.273

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/ultrasonography
Aged
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Hemangioma/*diagnosis/pathology/ultrasonography
Humans
Pancreatic Neoplasms/diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Abdominal CT showed a 4.5×3.4 cm sized solid mass with heterogenous enhancement between pancreatic tail and left kidney.

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  Fig. 2. EUS showed that a well- circumscribed heterogeneous hypo-echoic mass with internal cystic change (A) originateed from the lateral rim of the left adrenal gland (B, arrow).

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  Fig. 3. Microscopically, the mass was composed of various sized blood vessels (H&E, orig. mag. ×200). Normal adrenal gland parenchyma was noted on the surface of the mass. There was no histologic evidence of malignancy.

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