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Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 2007 December;59(4):455-8

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language: English

Giant adrenal myelolipoma: report of a case and review of the literature

Bovo G. ¹, Picozzi S. C. M. ², Viganò P. ², Giuberti A. ², Casu M. ², Manganini V. ², Mazza L. ², Strada G. R. ²

¹ Department of Pathology San Gerardo Hospital University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy 2 Department of Urology San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy

Myelolipoma of the adrenal gland is a benign, endocrinologically inactive neoplasm composed of mature adipose tissue and a variable amount of hematopoietic elements. Rarely giant adrenal myelolipomas have been reported in literature and they are very unusual clinical entities. We describe a case in a 72 year-old woman observed at our Department of Urology for nausea, flank and abdominal pain. The surgical resected mass measured 16.5×11.5×10 cm and weighted 1 250 g. A survey of the literature on this topic is made.