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PRESACRAL MYELOLIPOMA: CASE REPORT WITH COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC AND ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS
Author(s) -
Chan Y. F.,
Yu S. J.,
Chan Y. T.,
Yik Y. H.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb01094.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myelolipoma , computed tomographic , radiology , sacrum , computed tomographic angiography , computed tomography , angiography , pelvis , chordoma , anatomy , pathology , adrenal gland
A rare case of presacral myelolipoma in an otherwise healthy 53 year old man is described. His only complaint was lower abdominal discomfort. Full investigation including computed tomography and angiography re vealed a well‐delineated, heavily calcified, avascular retrorectal mass adhering to the presacral fiiscia. His‐tologically the mass showed a mixture of haemopoietic tissue and mature fat cells. Clinically the absence of symptoms and bone involvement served to distinguish this condition from other more sinister presacral lesions, particularly a chordoma.