April - June 2023, Volume 19, Issue 2

Simsek T, Tatar OC, Guler SA, Canturk NZ, Cakir O, Gurbuz YS

Adrenal Arteriovenous Malformation Masquerading as an Adrenal Adenoma

Acta Endo (Buc) 2023, 19 (2): 245-248
doi: 10.4183/aeb.2023.245

Arteriovenous malformations of adrenal gland are extremely rare. We report a case of an adrenal arteriovenous malformation, mimicking an adrenal tumor in preoperative imaging. A 48-year-old woman presented to our clinic with abdominal pain. A 9x7 cm right adrenal tumor was detected. Based on the imaging findings, adrenal adenoma was suspected. However, clinical symptoms and endocrine abnormalities were absent, the lesion was thought to be non-functional. Laparoscopic right adrenalectomy was performed. Pathologically, this was diagnosed as an adrenal arteriovenous malformation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an adrenal arteriovenous malformation in the current literature.

Keywords: adrenal arteriovenous malformation, adrenocortical adenoma, laparoscopic adrenalectomy

Correspondence: Ozan Can Tatar MD, Kocaeli University, School of Medicine, Deparment of General Surgery, Umuttepe, Kocaeli, 41000, Turkey, E-mail: ozancantatar@gmail.com