Difference between revisions of "Adrenal gland"

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 See: ''[[CNS tumours]]''.
-==Myelolipoma==
+==Adrenal myelolipoma==
 ===General===
-*Rare.
+*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===
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 *#Myeloid.
 *#Megakaryocytic.
+*+/-Calcification.<ref name=pmid17590837/>
+DDx:
+*[[Angiomyolipoma]] of the kidney.
+*[[Lipoma]].
+*[[Liposarcoma]].
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