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==Adrenal myelolipoma==
==Adrenal myelolipoma==
:''Myelolipoma'' redirects here.
{{Main|Adrenal myelolipoma}}
===General===
*Benign and rare.
*Typically asymptomatic and hormonally inactive.<ref name=pmid17590837>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Daneshmand | first1 = S. | last2 = Quek | first2 = ML. | title = Adrenal myelolipoma: diagnosis and management. | journal = Urol J | volume = 3 | issue = 2 | pages = 71-4 | month =  | year = 2006 | doi =  | PMID = 17590837 |URL = http://www.urologyjournal.org/index.php/uj/article/view/197/195 }}</ref>
**Symptoms: back or abdominal pain.
*Diagnosis - usu. by abdominal CT.
 
Treatment:
*Watchful waiting if small (<=7 cm) and asymptomatic.<ref name=pmid17590837/>
 
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid21927708>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Cha | first1 = JS. | last2 = Shin | first2 = YS. | last3 = Kim | first3 = MK. | last4 = Kim | first4 = HJ. | title = Myelolipomas of both adrenal glands. | journal = Korean J Urol | volume = 52 | issue = 8 | pages = 582-5 | month = Aug | year = 2011 | doi = 10.4111/kju.2011.52.8.582 | PMID = 21927708 | PMC= 3162227 }}</ref>
*Adipose tissue.
*Hematopoietic elements from all three lineages:
*#Erythroid.
*#Myeloid.
*#Megakaryocytic.
*+/-Calcification.<ref name=pmid17590837/>
 
DDx:<ref name=pmid11533079>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lam | first1 = KY. | last2 = Lo | first2 = CY. | title = Adrenal lipomatous tumours: a 30 year clinicopathological experience at a single institution. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 54 | issue = 9 | pages = 707-12 | month = Sep | year = 2001 | doi =  | PMID = 11533079 | URL = http://jcp.bmj.com/content/54/9/707.full}}</ref>
*[[Angiomyolipoma]] of the kidney.
*[[Lipoma]].
*[[Liposarcoma]].
*[[Teratoma]].
 
====Images====
<gallery>
Image:Myelolipoma_histology_HE.jpg | Myelolipoma (WC/Mattopaedia)
</gallery>
 
www:
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162227/figure/F3/ Myelolipoma (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid21927708/>
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case165.html Adrenal myelolipoma (upmc.edu)].


==Adenomatoid tumour==
==Adenomatoid tumour==
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