Huge adrenal haemangioma

SUMMARY Adrenal tumours are either functioning or non‐functioning. Non‐functioning adrenal tumours are generally asymptomatic and usually of enormous proportions at the time of presentation. A case is presented here of a patient with a huge right adrenal haemangioma which was successfully treated su...

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Published in:Australasian radiology 1998-08, Vol.42 (3), p.250-251
Main Authors: Hisham, AN, Samad, SA, Sharifah, NA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - surgery
adrenal haemangioma
adrenal tumour
Female
Hemangioma - diagnostic imaging
Hemangioma - surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:SUMMARY Adrenal tumours are either functioning or non‐functioning. Non‐functioning adrenal tumours are generally asymptomatic and usually of enormous proportions at the time of presentation. A case is presented here of a patient with a huge right adrenal haemangioma which was successfully treated surgically. This unusual tumour was 25 cm in diameter, was well encapsulated and weighed 4 kg. The literature pertaining to this interesting case is reviewed.
ISSN:0004-8461
1440-1673
DOI:10.1111/j.1440-1673.1998.tb00509.x