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Giant adrenal myelolipoma: Case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Yildiz Levent,
Akpolat Ilkser,
Erzurumlu Kenan,
Aydin Oguz,
Kandemir Bedri
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
pathology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1827
pISSN - 1320-5463
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01071.x
Subject(s) - myelolipoma , pathology , endocrine system , adrenal gland , medicine , bone marrow , soft tissue , disease , biology , endocrinology , hormone
Myelolipoma is a tumor‐like growth composed of mature fat tissue and bone marrow elements. It occurs in the adrenal gland or as an isolated soft tissue mass. It may be associated with endocrine disorders such as hermaphroditism, Cushing’s disease, Addison’s disease and obesity of unknown cause. These lesions rarely measure more than 5 cm in diameter, although giant tumors have been reported in the literature. The fifth largest surgically resected adrenal myelolipoma in the literature is reported and its clinical associations and, macroscopic and microscopic features are discussed.