Open AccessPathologic analysis, diagnosis and treatment of adrenal myelolipoma
Author(s) -
Hengchuan Su,
Wenlong Zhou,
Xin Huang,
Jun Dai,
Biao Huang,
Wanli Cao,
Fenyong Sun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.422
Subject(s) - myelolipoma , pathological , etiology , medicine , modalities , radiology , treatment modality , pathology , adrenal gland , surgery , social science , sociology
With the widespread use of non-invasive imaging modalities, the incidental detection of myelolipoma has become more common. We analyze the clinical data of 4 typical cases of unilateral adrenal myelolipomas, including 1 hormonally inactive patient and 3 hormonally active cases with hyperaldosteronemia, hypercortisolism and hyperandrogenemia. Obvious differences were found in the pathological sections. To our knowledge, this is the first article discussing the etiology of adrenal myelolipoma from pathologic analyses.