title: Giant adrenal myelolipoma: when trauma and oncology collide.
abstract: Three patients presented some decades after severe traumatic injury with atypical bowel symptoms which were caused by a giant myelolipoma of the adrenal gland. The aetiology of this rare, benign and generally asymptomatic tumour is virtually unknown at present and several hypotheses have been devised. This report describes a possible association between high-energy trauma and the development of giant myelolipomas, further contributing to the hypothesis that severe systemic stress could be an aetiological factor in the development of an adrenal myelolipoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Groningen, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zorgdrager
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Groningen, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pol
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Groningen, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bettien
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Hemel
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Groningen, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Ginkel
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography