title: Clinically silent primary adrenal lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Primary adrenal lymphoma (PAL) is extremely uncommon. We describe a case of clinically silent non-Hodgkin's B-cell lymphoma of diffuse large cell type with exclusive left adrenal localization. The tumor was discovered by computed tomography (CT) as a 2.5-cm dense mass and diagnosed at autopsy. Literature concerning this unusual neoplasm is reviewed. During the early stage, particularly when the lesion is small, PAL is likely to be missed. This unusual entity should be included in the differential diagnosis of adrenal masses so that early diagnosis may be made and intervention might dramatically affect the clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90509, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Renslo
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Tabbarah
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barajas
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: French
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed