title: Clinical spectrum of adrenal myelolipoma: analysis of 8 tumors in 7 patients.
abstract: Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare, benign, and biochemically nonfunctioning tumor. Most patients with adrenal myelolipoma are asymptomatic and the condition is discovered incidentally at autopsy. Review of the literature reveals 70 patients with surgically documented adrenal myelolipoma. We report 7 additional patients with 8 adrenal myelolipomas, of whom 5 underwent surgical removal because of tumor size, unusual imaging features or symptomatology. Of our patients 4 had symptomatic lesions requiring surgical removal, while 1 had an adrenal myelolipoma that was discovered intraoperatively. Of the remaining 2 patients 1 had a small (3 cm.) lesion discovered incidentally on excretory urography and 1 had bilateral adrenal myelolipoma discovered incidentally on computerized tomography.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bissada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Curry
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies