Adrenal myelolipoma: a report of three cases and review of literature.
Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare and benign tumour composed of mature adipose tissue and haematopoietic elements that resemble bone marrow. It is mostly discovered incidentally on imaging of abdomen done for non adrenal related reasons or at autopsy. Usually asymptomatic, but has been reported to present with symptoms such as flank pain resulting from tumour bulk, necrosis or spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrhage. Symptomatic tumours, growing tumours or tumours larger than 10 cm should be excised surgically. We report cases of 3 male patients presenting with flank pain and upper pole renal masses. All three were treated surgically with adrenalectomy. Myelolipoma was confirmed in all three on histology.
Muzaffar
Narjis
N
Department of Uro-Oncology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi.
Hashmi
Ali
A
Mubarak
Muhammed
M
Mohsin
Rehan
R
Shazad
Asad
A
Sultan
Gauhar
G
Hashmi
Altaf
A
Rizvi
Adibul Hassan
AH
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D021501:Flank Pain; D006801:Humans; D018209:Myelolipoma; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed