Open AccessDetection and Treatment of Adrenal Myelolipomas
Author(s) -
Jia-Hwia Wang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
urological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1879-5234
pISSN - 1879-5226
DOI - 10.1016/s1879-5226(11)60007-9
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , autopsy , extramedullary hematopoiesis , endocrine system , radiology , computed tomography , pathology , haematopoiesis , stem cell , biology , hormone , genetics
Adrenal myelolipomas are rare, benign, non-functioning endocrine neoplasms that consist of hemopoietic and adipose tissues. Most cases are incidentally found at autopsy. However, with the increasing use of sonography and computed tomography, more cases of asymptomatic adrenal myelolipomas will be diagnosed in living patients rather than at autopsy. Most cases can be diagnosed preoperatively because specific imaging findings of this tumor are present