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The authors present a case of a hemorrhagic adrenal cyst, one of the tumors known in literature as incidentalomas, emphasizing the clinical characteristics, since adrenal cysts or pseudocysts are generally rare and observed by chance during imaging procedures. Traditionally they are classified as pseudocysts, endothelial, epithelial or parasitic cysts. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has been considered the treatment of choice for benign, functioning or non-functioning adrenal lesions. Small cystic adrenal tumors can be managed conservatively by laparoscopic decortication or marsupialization, but larger cysts should be treated by total or partial adrenalectomy.
Silva,Elsa Cristina Fontes Pires da and Viamontez,Francisco and Silva,Vasco Sabino and Andrade,Artur and Júlio Neto,Gonçalo and Gomes,Constança de Palma and Sérgio Neto, and Quitembo,Mateus and Dimbany,Higino and Van-Dunem,Joaquim Carlos Vicente Dias and Miranda,Sandra Maria da Rocha Neto de and Bastos,Fernando and Cordeiro,Lemuel Bornelli and Guilherme,Mateus. Hemorrhagic adrenal cyst. Einstein (São Paulo) [online]. 2012, vol. 10, n. 1, [cited 2025-09-26], pp.96-99. Available from: <https://journal.einstein.br/article/hemorrhagic-adrenal-cyst/>. ISSN 1679-4508. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082012000100020
