title: Giant Myelolipoma in the Spleen: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review.
abstract: Myelolipomas are benign tumors, consisting of hematopoietic cells and mature adipose tissue, which mainly occur within the adrenal gland. Extra-adrenal myelolipomas are rare, and fewer than 60 cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of intrasplenic myelolipoma in a 42-year-old man with more than 1 month of abdominal pain. Computed tomography scanning revealed a giant, heterogeneous, well-demarcated mass in the spleen. Splenectomy was performed, and an intrasplenic giant mass was completely excised. The diagnosis of myelolipoma was made based on morphological examination. To the best of our knowledge, this is the third reported case of myelolipoma in the human spleen.
authors.affiliation: Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Qing-Ya
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Lian-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
authors.forename: Jiang-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Mou
authors.affiliation: Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China dpblxhl@126.com.
authors.forename: Hua-Liang
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: diagnosis; myelolipomas; treatment