Adrenal myelolipoma: An incidental and rare benign tumor in children

Myelolipoma is a rare benign tumor of adrenal gland and rarer in children. Myelolipoma contains adipose tissue and myeloid precursor producing white blood cells (WBC), red blood cells (RBC) and megakaryocytes. Asymptomatic tumor does not require treatment whereas symptomatic tumor needs operation. W...

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Autores principales: Barman, Shibsankar, Mandal, Kartik Chandra, Mukhopadhyay, Madhumita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336809
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.142019
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author Barman, Shibsankar
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description Myelolipoma is a rare benign tumor of adrenal gland and rarer in children. Myelolipoma contains adipose tissue and myeloid precursor producing white blood cells (WBC), red blood cells (RBC) and megakaryocytes. Asymptomatic tumor does not require treatment whereas symptomatic tumor needs operation. We are reporting a rare adrenal myelolipoma in a child with review of literature.
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spelling pubmed-42042522014-10-21 Adrenal myelolipoma: An incidental and rare benign tumor in children Barman, Shibsankar Mandal, Kartik Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Madhumita J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Myelolipoma is a rare benign tumor of adrenal gland and rarer in children. Myelolipoma contains adipose tissue and myeloid precursor producing white blood cells (WBC), red blood cells (RBC) and megakaryocytes. Asymptomatic tumor does not require treatment whereas symptomatic tumor needs operation. We are reporting a rare adrenal myelolipoma in a child with review of literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4204252/ /pubmed/25336809 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.142019 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Adrenal myelolipoma: An incidental and rare benign tumor in children
title Adrenal myelolipoma: An incidental and rare benign tumor in children
title_full Adrenal myelolipoma: An incidental and rare benign tumor in children
title_fullStr Adrenal myelolipoma: An incidental and rare benign tumor in children
title_full_unstemmed Adrenal myelolipoma: An incidental and rare benign tumor in children
title_short Adrenal myelolipoma: An incidental and rare benign tumor in children
title_sort adrenal myelolipoma: an incidental and rare benign tumor in children
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336809
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.142019
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