Hemorrhagic myelolipoma of adrenal gland after blunt trauma.
A case of adrenal myelolipoma is reported in a patient in whom symptoms of hematuria and flank pain developed after the patient had sustained blunt trauma. Adrenal myelolipomas are usually found incidentally at autopsy. However, the symptomatic presentation of this patient was probably caused by traumatic intratumor hemorrhage. The etiology and pathogenesis of these tumors are discussed in relation to their occasional symptomatic presentation and to their differential diagnosis.
Albala
D M
DM
Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Chung
C J
CJ
Sueoka
B L
BL
Memoli
V A
VA
Heaney
J A
JA
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*