Korean J Med > Volume 69(3); 2005 > Article
The Korean Journal of Medicine 2005;69(3):793-797.
A case of hepatocellular carcinoma misdiagnosed as an adrenal incidentaloma
Jun Ho Lee, Yumie Rhee, Jae Yeon Seok, Young Nyun Park, Bong Soo Cha, Hyun Chul Lee, Sung Kil Lim
Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
증례 : 부신우연종으로 오인된 간세포암종 1예
이준호&#;이유미&#;석재연&#;박영년&#;차봉수&#;이현철&#;임승길, Yumie Rhee, Jae Yeon Seok, Young Nyun Park, Bong Soo Cha, Hyun Chul Lee, Sung Kil Lim
Abstract
Adrenal incidentalomas are adrenal masses discovered incidentally at the time of imaging procedures performed for nonadrenal problems. Since the early 1980s, incidentally discovered adrenal masses have become a common clinical problem as a result of the more widespread use of high resolution imaging procedures such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasonography. However, several conditions, called pseudoadrenal masses, can be occasionally misdiagnosed as an adrenal mass. Pseudoadrenal masses are usually located at the left side, but we have experienced a right-side pseudoadrenal mass. We report a patient with a hepatocellular carcinoma simulating a right adrenal mass. To our knowledge, this is extremely rare and the first case reported in Korea. It was possible to make a final diagnosis only after ultrasound-guided liver biopsy.(Korean J Med 69:S793-S797, 2005)
Key Words: Adrenal incidentaloma, Hepatocellular carcinoma


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