Case report: CT manifestations of retroperitoneal anastomosing hemangioma_CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY

Authors：

ZHANG Yan , LU Chunyan ,  WU Bing

Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China;

Corresponding?author：

WU Bing, Email: bingwu69@163.com

Keywords：

retroperitoneal; anastomosing hemangioma; vascular tumors; imaging; diagnosis

DOI：

10.7507/1007-9424.202602009

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Retroperitoneal anastomosing hemangioma (AH) is a rare and benign vascular neoplasm. AH is a rare subtype of capillary hemangioma. This case report presents the CT features of the retroperitoneal AH, while also reviewing the relevant literature to succinctly summarize the clinical, pathological, imaging diagnosis, and differential diagnosis. The objective is to enhance the understanding of the retroperitoneal AH among clinicians and radiologists.

Citation： ZHANG Yan, LU Chunyan, WU Bing. Case report: CT manifestations of retroperitoneal anastomosing hemangioma. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2026, 33(6): 777-780. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.202602009 Copy

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8.	Perdiki M, Datseri G, Liapis G, et al. Anastomosing hemangioma: report of two renal cases and analysis of the literature. Diagn Pathol, 2017, 12(1): 14. doi: 10.1186/s13000-017-0597-4.
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11.	Tran TA, Pernicone P. Anastomosing hemangioma with fatty changes of the genitourinary tract: a lesion mimicking angiomyolipoma. Cent European J Urol, 2012, 65(1): 40-42.
12.	Jayaram A, Manipadam MT, Jacob PM. Anastomosing hemangioma with extensive fatty stroma in the retroperitoneum. Indian J Pathol Microbiol, 2018, 61(1): 120-122.
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1. Montgomery E, Epstein JI. Anastomosing hemangioma of the genitourinary tract: a lesion mimicking angiosarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol, 2009, 33(9): 1364-1369.
2. Krishna S, Ashish K, Cristina H, et al. Anastomosing hemangioma: a current update on clinical, pathological and imaging features. Abdom Radiol (New York), 2022, 47(7): 2335-2346.
3. Sbaraglia M, Bellan E, Dei Tos AP. The 2020 WHO Classification of Soft Tissue Tumours: news and perspectives. Pathologica, 2021, 113(2): 70-84.
4. Zhang L, Wu J. Multimodal imaging features of retroperitoneal anastomosing hemangioma: a case report and literature review. Front Oncol, 2023, 13: 1269631. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1269631.
5. Zhang ZY, Hong P, Deng SH, et al. Spermatic cord anastomosing hemangioma mimicking a malignant inguinal tumor: a case report and literature review. Front Surg, 2022, 9: 930160. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.930160.
6. Lappa E, Drakos E. Anastomosing hemangioma: short review of a benign mimicker of angiosarcoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2020, 144(2): 240-244.
7. Heidegger I, Pichler R, Sch?fer G, et al. Long-term follow up of renal anastomosing hemangioma mimicking renal angiosarcoma. Int J Urol, 2014, 21(8): 836-838.
8. Perdiki M, Datseri G, Liapis G, et al. Anastomosing hemangioma: report of two renal cases and analysis of the literature. Diagn Pathol, 2017, 12(1): 14. doi: 10.1186/s13000-017-0597-4.
9. Lin J, Bigge J, Ulbright TM, et al. Anastomosing hemangioma of the liver and gastrointestinal tract: an unusual variant histologically mimicking angiosarcoma. Am J Surg Pathol, 2013, 37(11): 1761-1765.
10. O’Neill AC, Craig JW, Silverman SG, et al. Anastomosing hemangiomas: locations of occurrence, imaging features, and diagnosis with percutaneous biopsy. Abdom Radiol (NY), 2016, 41(7): 1325-1332.
11. Tran TA, Pernicone P. Anastomosing hemangioma with fatty changes of the genitourinary tract: a lesion mimicking angiomyolipoma. Cent European J Urol, 2012, 65(1): 40-42.
12. Jayaram A, Manipadam MT, Jacob PM. Anastomosing hemangioma with extensive fatty stroma in the retroperitoneum. Indian J Pathol Microbiol, 2018, 61(1): 120-122.
13. 羅小琴, 熊亮, 李勝. 腹膜后血管瘤1例報告. 現代泌尿生殖腫瘤雜志, 2025, 17(3): 200-201.
14. 盧瞳, 居勝紅. 腹膜后副神經節瘤的影像學診斷與鑒別診斷. 中華放射學雜志, 2020, 54(10): 1033-1037.
15. 舒強, 史慧, 盧春燕. 病例分析: 腹膜后神經鞘瘤的典型影像表現、病理基礎及鑒別診斷. 中國普外基礎與臨床雜志, 2025, 32(3): 300-304.
16. Tan Y, Zhang H, Xiao EH. Perivascular epithelioid cell tumour: dynamic CT/MRI and clinicopathological characteristics—analysis of 32 cases and review of the literature. Clin Radiol, 2013, 68(6): 555-561.
17. Chen BQ, Luo WW, Lin WJ, et al. Primary retroperitoneal angiosarcoma: a case report. Open Life Sci, 2023, 18(01): 20220546. doi: 10.1515/biol-2022-0546.

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