Difference between revisions of "Adrenal gland"
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See: ''[[CNS tumours]]''. | See: ''[[CNS tumours]]''. | ||
== | ==Adrenal myelolipoma== | ||
===General=== | ===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=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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*#Myeloid. | *#Myeloid. | ||
*#Megakaryocytic. | *#Megakaryocytic. | ||
*+/-Calcification.<ref name=pmid17590837/> | |||
DDx: | |||
*[[Angiomyolipoma]] of the kidney. | |||
*[[Lipoma]]. | |||
*[[Liposarcoma]]. | |||
Images: | Images: | ||