title: Xanthofibroma of the adrenal gland.
abstract: The authors report on a 43-year-old woman who had undergone unilateral adrenalectomy for a right suprarenal mass. The removed specimen was histopathologically defined as xanthofibroma, a hitherto unpublished adrenal tumour. The connective tissue protein of this rare tumour contained great amounts of collagen, non-collagenous protein and elastin. The significance of such abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue and the conventional sonographic and CT features of this neoplasm are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Yamagata University, School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakada
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sasagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sumiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans