title: [Myelolipoma of the adrenal gland].
abstract: Adrenal myelolipomas are rare, nonfunctioning, benign neoplasms of the adrenal gland. The authors describe their experience of a case and they report the review of the literature. They illustrate what's etiopathogenetic theories, modern diagnostic technology "of imaging" and different surgical approaches need to be adapted to the excision of the adrenal myelolipomas.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche, Anatomiche ed Oncologiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sciumè
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palazzolo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cappello
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aragona
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Vita
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leo
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*