Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare benign adrenal neoplasm presenting in 0.08%-0.4% of population based on autopsy series. It is of adrenal origin composed of mature adipose tissue and a variable amount of hematopoietic elements (myeloid and erythroid cells). Most patients are asymptomatic, and the lesion is discovered incidentally at autopsy or on imaging studies performed for other reasons. Most t...

INTRODUCTION Earlier reports of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) for adrenal myelolipoma are limited. PRESENTATION OF CASE Between June 2000 and September 2012, we performed right adrenal resections using LA and open adrenalectomy (OA) in patients with myelolipoma (n = 3 and n = 3, respectively). Then, we evaluated patients' background characteristics and short- and long-term outcomes for both...

Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare benign tumor that is composed of hematopoietic cells and mature fat. Mostly, these nonfunctioning tumors are distinguished incidentally during autopsy or radiologic investigations. Here, we report a case of 46-year-old man presented with nonspecific abdominal pain for one year, who had right adrenal mass with fat density detected by radiologic investigation. Histop...

Extra-adrenal myelolipoma is a well-described entity in adult population, however it is extremely rare in paediatric age group. An unusual case of intra-peritoneal extra-adrenal myelolipoma in an 8-year-old child is presented here. The lesion was incidentally detected while evaluating the patient for spasmodic abdominal pain. Ultrasonography followed by CT scan and MRI imaging suggested the dia...

Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare, nonfunctional benign tumor that is composed of mature adipose tissue and hematopoietic elements. In the past, these tumors were accidentally discovered at autopsy. Today, they are found much more frequently and incidentally, mainly because of the widespread use of noninvasive imaging with ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Most l...

Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare and benign tumour composed of mature adipose tissue and haematopoietic elements that resemble bone marrow. It is mostly discovered incidentally on imaging of abdomen done for non adrenal related reasons or at autopsy. Usually asymptomatic, but has been reported to present with symptoms such as flank pain resulting from tumour bulk, necrosis or spontaneous retroperi...

Adrenal myelolipoma is a benign, rarely functioning tumor consisting of adipose tissue and myeloid cells in different proportions. Adrenal myelolipoma accounts for approximately 6% of adrenal incidentalomas and is found in up to 0.2% of autopsy studies. Few cases of myelolipomatous masses causing Cushing’s syndrome (CS) have been reported in the literature, so that the functioning capacity that...

of differentiated neoplastic Schwann cells. The majority arise from peripheral nerves in the head and neck region and nerves of the upper extremity (1). Visceral schwannomas, in particular, juxtadrenal and adrenal schwannomas are exceedingly rare (2,3,4). Adrenal myelolipomas are composed of mature adipose and hematopoetic elements that resemble bone marrow. It was first described by Grieke in ...

We report a case of a 64-year-old woman who underwent left adrenalectomy with removal of a 8,5 cm clinically non-functioning adrenocortical adenoma and a 4-cm myelolipoma. Molecular testing for viral infection demonstrated the presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA sequences in the adrenal adenoma, but not in the myelolipoma (confirmed by immunohistochemistry). Moreover, the adrenal adenoma was ...