title: [Myelolipoma of the adrenal gland presenting as upper abdominal symptoms: a case report].
abstract: A case of adrenal myelolipoma is presented. A 39-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for further examination of a right adrenal mass, which was found by examination for nausea, vomiting and upper abdominal pain. Imaging analyses by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a round fatty mass. Endocrine study of the adrenal gland showed normal results. Right adrenalectomy was performed. The tumor weighed 240 g and the histological diagnosis was adrenal myelolipoma. Postoperative course was uneventful and upper abdominal symptoms disappeared after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
authors.forename: Naotaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kihara
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed