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Volume 23

October - December 2007 (Part-I)

Number  5


 

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Extra-adrenal myelolipoma:
A case report and review of the literature

Nihal Kilinc1

ABSTRACT

Myelolipoma of the adrenal gland is a rare, benign and biochemically inactive tumor comprising mature fat and hematopoietic elements. Most of these lesions are discovered incidentally. The vast majority occurs within the adrenal glands, but extra-adrenal myelolipomas have also been reported. The typical extra-adrenal myelolipoma is a solitary, well-defined mass with in abdomen. We present a 70 year old male who came to us with pain of 5 months duration. Abdominal ultrasound examination showed a 12 x 8.5cm hyperechoic heterogenous semi-solid mass localized in the right-side. Histological examination of the mass revealed the features of extra-adrenal myelolipoma.

KEY WORDS: Myelolipoma, Extra-adrenal myelolipoma, Adrenal tumors.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2007 (Part-I)    Vol. 23 No. 5    779-781


1. Prof. Nihal Kilinc, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology,
Faculty of Medicine,
Dicle University,
21280 Diyarbakır-Turkey.

Correspondence

Prof. Nihal Kilinc, MD
E-mail: nhl@dicle.edu.tr

* Received for Publication: April 28, 2007
* Accepted: August 30, 2007



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