Adrenal Myelolipoma: A case report

Abstract

Introduction: Myelolipoma is a rare benign adrenal tumor. Usually it is small, asymptomatic and unilateral. It is mostly discovered as an incidentaloma during autopsy. the incident detection of the tumor is increasing in frequency with widespread use of cross-sectional imaging such ultrasonography and computed tomography (ct). the most consistent complaint is abdominal pain caused by hemorrhage the tumor when the lesion became larger than 5 cm. In this paper, we reported symptomatic adrenal myelolipoma because of rarity and its considerable size. case report: We report a woman with obesity and mild hypertension presented with unilateral myelolipoma measuring 7x3.5x2 cm. the pathological study revealed adrenal consist of adipocytes associated with hematopoietic elements and blood clot. conclusion: Myelolipoma as an incidental diagnosis might kept in mind and evaluate accordingly validate protocol because of surgical emergencies such as spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage. Sara Zaheri1, Iran Rashidi2, Mehrdad Dargahi Malamiri3, Seyed Nematollah Jazayeri4, Arshya Allahdin5 Affiliations: 1Pathologist, Ahwaz-Jondishapour Medical University, Iran; 2MD Pathologist, Associate Professor of Medical School, Ahwaz-Jondishapour Medical University, Iran; 3Internal Medicine Specialist, Ahwaz-Jondishapour Medical University, Iran; 4Associate Professor of Medical School, Ahwaz-Jondishapour Medical University, Iran; 5Assistant of Pathology, Ahwaz-Jundishapour Medical University, Iran. Corresponding Author: Sara Zaheri, Pathologist, AhwazJondishapour Medical University, Iran; Email: dr.sara.zaheri@ gmail.com Received: 26 May 2015 Accepted: 12 August 2015 Published: 29 February 2016