title: Adrenal myelolipoma: a report of three cases and review of literature.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Uro-Oncology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi.
authors: Narjis
authors: N
authors: Muzaffar
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Hashmi
authors: Muhammed
authors: M
authors: Mubarak
authors: Rehan
authors: R
authors: Mohsin
authors: Asad
authors: A
authors: Shazad
authors: Gauhar
authors: G
authors: Sultan
authors: Altaf
authors: A
authors: Hashmi
authors: Adibul Hassan
authors: AH
authors: Rizvi
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D021501:Flank Pain; D006801:Humans; D018209:Myelolipoma; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed