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[Giant adrenal myelolipoma: hypertension, renal failure and spontaneous rupture]
J Pérez Martínez1, F Llamas, E López Rubio
1Servicio de Nefrología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete.
Abstract:
Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare, benign, slow-growing tumor composed of adipose tissue and hematopoietic elements. It is usually diagnosed incidentally, although there are reports of patients with symptoms and descriptions of retroperitoneal hemorrhage due to rupture of large tumors. The condition has been associated with obesity, high blood pressure and adrenal dysfunction. We present a patient with retroperitoneal hemorrhage due to spontaneous rupture of a myelolipoma, hypertension, and renal failure secondary to nephroangiosclerosis.
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