Retroperitoneal hemorrhage secondary to a ruptured cavernous hemangioma.

78 J can chir, Vol. 48, N 1, février 2005 © 2005 Canadian Medical Association S are often confronted with patients having life-threatening retroperitoneal hemorrhage from aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. However, several other conditions can mimic this, including hemorrhage into a tumour or tumour apoplexy. The following is a report of a spontaneous life-threatening hemorrhage of a retroperitoneal mass, subsequently pathologically confirmed to be a giant cavernous adrenal hemangioma.