Giant adrenal myelolipoma.
Adrenal myelolipomas are nonfunctioning benign tumors composed of hematopoietic elements and mature adipose tissue. These tumors usually remain small and asymptomatic; occasionally, however, they reach massive proportions and become symptomatic. To date, only two giant adrenal myelolipomas (>4,000 g) have been described in the literature. We describe the diagnostic evaluation and the operative management of the third largest adrenal myelolipoma reported.
O'Daniel-Pierce
M E
ME
Department of Pathology, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington 40536, USA.
Weeks
J A
JA
McGrath
P C
PC
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed