title: Imaging diagnosis--bilateral adrenal adenomas and myelolipomas in a dog.
abstract: A 10-year-old neutered female Pug was evaluated for a left adrenal mass detected previously by ultrasonography. Using computed tomography, a fat-attenuating, rim-enhancing left adrenal mass and a homogeneous, soft-tissue attenuating, intensely enhancing right adrenal mass were found. A left adrenalectomy and right adrenal biopsy were performed and the final diagnosis was bilateral adrenal adenomas and myelolipomas. Myelolipomas are rare, benign, endocrinologically inactive tumors composed of well-differentiated adipose tissue and a variable amount of hematopoietic cells of both lymphatic and myeloid lineages, which may account for the different appearance on tomographic images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine (UT-CVM), Knoxville, TN 37996-4544, USA. fmorandi@utk.edu
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morandi
authors.forename: Jamie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mays
authors.forename: Shelley J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome