Open AccessGiant adrenal myelolipoma with hemorrhage masquerading as retroperitoneal sarcoma
Author(s) -
Indranil Chakrabarti,
Nilanjana Ghosh,
Vaswati Das
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health (print)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/0976-7800.98818
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonogram , abdomen , myelolipoma , radiology , abdominal pain , flank pain , retroperitoneal hemorrhage , surgery , adrenal gland , pathology , ultrasonography
Adrenal myelolipomas are functionally inactive, rare adrenal tumors which are usually small in size and are discovered incidentally. Giant symptomatic myelolipomas have rarely been reported in medical literature. Here, we describe the case of a 40-year-old female patient who presented to the surgical outpatient department with left flank pain. An ultrasonogram of the abdomen suggested a large retroperitoneal tumor which was then surgically resected. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen revealed a giant adrenal myelolipoma with intratumoral hemorrhage. The patient was relieved of symptoms and was free of any complaints in follow-up.