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Unique case of metachronous adrenal and hepatic myelolipomas
Paul David Morris1,2, Chow P'Ng3, Henry Pleass4,5
1Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia paul.morris2@health.nsw.gov.au.
Abstract:
We present a unique case of metachronous adrenal and hepatic myelolipomas in a 62-year-old man. Myelolipomas are most commonly found in the adrenal gland, with extra-adrenal sites such as the lung, retroperitoneum and liver reported. They are a form of benign mesenchymal tumour, with only 25 case reports of a hepatic location published to date. The are no guidelines to its management. Our patient underwent resection due to pain, and after a complicated postoperative period is pain free.
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