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Myelolipoma in a heterotopic adrenal gland. Light and electron microscopic findings
Author(s) -
Damjanov Ivan,
Katz Sheila Moriber,
Catalano Edison,
Mason Daniel,
Schwartz Allan B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197910)44:4<1350::aid-cncr2820440428>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - myelolipoma , adrenal gland , nephrotic syndrome , medicine , bone marrow , pathology , ultrastructure , lipid droplet , endocrinology
A symptomatic myelolipoma of the heterotopic adrenal gland was diagnosed as the cause of nephrotic syndrome and was surgically removed. Remission of the nephrotic syndrome promptly ensued. Ultrastructurally, the tumor consisted of well‐differentiated cells resembling adrenal cortical cells, bone marrow cells in various stages of differentiation, and lipid cells. Some cells that contained fat were of adrenal cortical origin, but the derivation of most lipid cells and of bone marrow elements could not be deduced from the present ultrastructural findings.