title: Cystic adrenal masses in the neonate associated with hemihypertrophy and the relation to the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
abstract: We report 2 cases of unilateral, multilocular, cystic adrenal masses in neonates. Both patients demonstrated somatic hemihypertrophy, which is considered to have the same implications as the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome in terms of tumor risk. Pathological examination showed multiple, adrenal cysts without evidence of tumor or routine adrenal hemorrhage. This finding appears to represent a previously unreported association between the spectrum of hemihypertrophy/Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and benign cystic adrenal disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Babies Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Berdon
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Hensle
mesh_terms: D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001506:Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed