title: [Giant adrenal myelolipoma: hypertension, renal failure and spontaneous rupture].
abstract: Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare, benign, slow-growing tumor composed of adipose tissue and hematopoietic elements. It is usually diagnosed incidentally, although there are reports of patients with symptoms and descriptions of retroperitoneal hemorrhage due to rupture of large tumors. The condition has been associated with obesity, high blood pressure and adrenal dysfunction. We present a patient with retroperitoneal hemorrhage due to spontaneous rupture of a myelolipoma, hypertension, and renal failure secondary to nephroangiosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Nefrología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez Martínez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Llamas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: López Rubio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serrano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salinas Sánchez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruiz Mondéjar
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Virseda Rodríguez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez Roldán
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D033461:Hyperuricemia / Q000150:complications; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009400:Nephrosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous