Xanthofibroma of the adrenal gland.
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 The removed specimen was histopathologically defined as xanthofibroma, a hitherto unpublished adrenal tumour.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.
Nakada
T
T
Department of Urology, Yamagata University, School of Medicine, Japan.
Sasagawa
I
I
Yamaguchi
T
T
Sumiya
H
H
Oki
T
T
Shimazaki
J
J
Matsuzaki
O
O
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans