title: Giant adrenal myelolipoma: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: Myelolipoma of the adrenal gland is a benign, endocrinologically inactive neoplasm composed of mature adipose tissue and a variable amount of hematopoietic elements. Rarely giant adrenal myelolipomas have been reported in literature and they are very unusual clinical entities. We describe a case in a 72 year-old woman observed at our Department of Urology for nausea, flank and abdominal pain. The surgical resected mass measured 16.5x11.5x10 cm and weighted 1 250 g. A survey of the literature on this topic is made.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bovo
authors.forename: S C M
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Picozzi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viganò
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giuberti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Manganini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Strada
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome