title: Myelolipomas of both adrenal glands.
abstract: Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare, nonfunctional benign tumor that is composed of mature adipose tissue and hematopoietic elements. In the past, these tumors were accidentally discovered at autopsy. Today, they are found much more frequently and incidentally, mainly because of the widespread use of noninvasive imaging with ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Most lesions are asymptomatic, small, and unilateral, but a number of bilateral tumors have been reported. We report here on a case of a 48-year-old man with incidentally found myelolipomas of both adrenal glands. In particular, a giant myelolipoma of the left adrenal gland was treated by transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jai Seong
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Yu Seob
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Myung Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyung Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim