A Case of Adrenal Hemangioma Misdiagnosed as a Pancreatic Tail Tumor

Jae Hoon Cheong; Gwang Ha Kim

doi:10.4166/kjg.2010.56.5.273

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2010;56(5):273-275.

Published online: 21 February 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2010.56.5.273

A Case of Adrenal Hemangioma Misdiagnosed as a Pancreatic Tail Tumor

Jae Hoon Cheong, M.D., Gwang Ha Kim, M.D.

Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea

Correspondence to: Gwang Ha Kim, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, 1-10, Ami-dong, Seo-gu, Busan 602-739, Korea Tel: +82-51-240-7869, Fax: +82-51-244-8180 E-mail: doc0224@pusan.ac.kr

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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.

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).

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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