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A Novel Method: Super-selective Adrenal Venous Sampling
Published on: September 15, 2017
Silent intravascular lymphoma initially manifesting as a unilateral adrenal incidentaloma
Yoshiko Takahashi1, Keiji Iida, Yasuhisa Hino
1Division of General Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Medical Center, 203 Kanno, Kanno-cho, Hyogo, Kakogawa 675-8555, Japan.
Abstract:
Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare subtype of malignant lymphoma. Although the involvement of adrenal glands in IVLBCL is often observed, primary adrenal IVLBCL is rare. Most reported cases of adrenal IVLBCL showed bilateral lesions resulting in rapidly progressive adrenal failure and poor prognosis. Here, we report a case of slowly progressive primary adrenal IVLBCL manifesting initially with unilateral adrenal incidentaloma. This case is a silent IVLBCL and shows that the enlargement of both adrenal glands can be followed.
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