Diagnosis of adrenal myelolipoma by imaging and guided biopsy.
Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare, benign, endocrinologically inactive, and asymptomatic tumour which is usually found incidentally at imaging or autopsy. Symptomatic tumours are very rare. We describe a case of adrenal myelolipoma where the diagnosis was made on the basis of radiological features and image-guided fine needle biopsy, without resorting to an operation.
Robbani
Irfan
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Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu and Kashmir, India. irfanrobbani@yahoo.co.in
Shah
Imtiaz
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Shah
Omar Javed
OJ
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler