This case report highlights a rare occurrence of a primary epithelioid angiosarcoma arising within an adrenal cortical adenoma, presenting a diagnostic pitfall.
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Alerts pathologists to this rare diagnostic pitfall in adrenal lesions; leaves open questions on pathogenesis and management.
Adrenal masses are common incidental imaging findings, with the majority comprising benign adrenal cortical adenomas. However, the differential diagnosis is extensive and includes both primary and secondary malignant lesions. Primary adrenal angiosarcomas are rare and often exhibit epithelioid morphology, which can present a diagnostic pitfall. We report an exceptional "incidentaloma" in a 60-year-old lady, which showed the features of a primary epithelioid angiosarcoma arising within an adrenal cortical adenoma. No other primary tumor was identified on extensive imaging. This unusual combined tumor has been reported only once before, to the best of our knowledge. The pattern of infiltration of the malignant endothelial cells raises the suggestion that the angiosarcoma arose from vascular elements of the adenoma.
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