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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
[Adrenal gland myelolipoma: radiological view]
A Vara Castrodeza1, B Madrigal Rubiales, M Veiga González
1Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Na Sa de Covadonga (HCA), Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, España. alejovara@arrakis.es
Objective:
To report a case of adrenal myelolipoma in a female patient with a history of arterial hypertension and increased plasma aldosterone levels.
Methods:
Evaluation by CT and ultrasound, and anatomopathological analysis were performed.
Results:
The CT and ultrasound scans showed a fat-containing adrenal mass. The patient underwent surgery. Histological analysis of the surgical specimen demonstrated a myelolipoma, a benign tumor composed in varying proportions of adipose and hematopoietic tissue.
Conclusions:
A diagnosis of adrenal myelolipoma must be considered when a fat-containing adrenal mass is demonstrated by ultrasound, CT or MRI.
