title: Review of primary extra-adrenal myelolipoma of the thorax.
abstract: Extra-adrenal myelolipoma happens in adrenal glands, and the thoracic location is extremely unusual. This is the first study involving 36 of patients with thoracic myelolipoma of English literature by investigating the clinical data, pathologic findings, radiological manifestation, and treatment strategy of all patients. Imageologic diagnosis including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography/computed tomography scans is useful to identify the feature of extra-adrenal myelolipoma. Pathologic analysis is an effective method to clarify the diagnosis. In view of the potential progressive enlargement of the lesion, most myelolipomas are removed by surgery, and this operation has frequently been accomplished by using video-assisted thoracic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Yutian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors.forename: Lunxu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, West-China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. Electronic address: cheguowei_hx@aliyun.com.
authors.forename: Guowei
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Che
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
keywords: Clinical characteristics; Differential diagnosis; Epidemiology; Etiology; Extra-adrenal myelolipoma; Imageology; Pathology; Surgery