Lipomatous tumors of the adrenals--a report on 18 cases and review of the literature.
The lipomatous tumors of the adrenals are hormonally inactive lesions, often of a benign nature, such as myelolipomas, lipomas, angiomyolipomas, or mature teratomas, and are rarely malignant, such as liposarcomas. The importance of recognizing their characteristic radiological images, which would lead to their correct treatment, is fundamental since there has been an increase in the demonstration of this lesion, often detected incidentally. The various imaging procedures, although not allowing to formulate a histological diagnosis, nonetheless permit to determine the volume of the tumoral mass and their evolution. These two factors are of significant importance in the planning of the correct surgical procedure, while a third important factor is the proper evaluation of the symptoms presented by the patient. Regarding the treatment, on the basis of our own experience, which agrees with that of other authors, the surgical removal of any lesion greater than 5 cm is mandatory.
Lesbats-Jacquot
Virginie
V
Service d'imagerie diagnostique et interventionelle, Hôzpital de l'Archet II, 151 rte St Antoine de Ginestiére, F-06200 Nice, France. jacquotvirginie@aol.com
Cucchi
Jean-Michel
JM
Amoretti
Nicolas
N
Novellas
Sébastien
S
Chevallier
Patrick
P
Bruneton
Jean Noël
JN
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*