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A rare case of co-existing adrenal and pelvic myelolipomas

We are reporting a case of co-existing left sided pelvic and right sided adrenal myelolipomas in a 68-year-old male patient. Both lesions were incidentally discovered on CT whilst undergoing a staging scan for suspected urinary bladder cancer. The patient had a background of hypertension and type 2...

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Autores principales: Wadood, Dr Qasim, Qureshi, Dr Saad Ahmad, Singh, Dr Pavel, Freedman, Dr Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6092481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.07.008
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description We are reporting a case of co-existing left sided pelvic and right sided adrenal myelolipomas in a 68-year-old male patient. Both lesions were incidentally discovered on CT whilst undergoing a staging scan for suspected urinary bladder cancer. The patient had a background of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Contrast enhanced CT scan showed both lesions to be of mixed fat and soft tissue density. Given the size, location, and attenuation characteristics of the pelvic mass, retroperitoneal liposarcoma was thought to be a differential diagnosis, prompting the decision for an elective CT-guided biopsy. Both masses were targeted successfully using core biopsy needles. Subsequently, histopathology results for both the right adrenal and the left pelvic masses showed features compatible with myelolipomas. The right retroperitoneal mass was compatible with an adrenal myelolipoma and left pelvic mass was deemed as an extra-adrenal myelolipoma (EAML).
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spelling pubmed-60924812018-08-16 A rare case of co-existing adrenal and pelvic myelolipomas Wadood, Dr Qasim Qureshi, Dr Saad Ahmad Singh, Dr Pavel Freedman, Dr Jonathan Radiol Case Rep Diagnostic Imaging We are reporting a case of co-existing left sided pelvic and right sided adrenal myelolipomas in a 68-year-old male patient. Both lesions were incidentally discovered on CT whilst undergoing a staging scan for suspected urinary bladder cancer. The patient had a background of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Contrast enhanced CT scan showed both lesions to be of mixed fat and soft tissue density. Given the size, location, and attenuation characteristics of the pelvic mass, retroperitoneal liposarcoma was thought to be a differential diagnosis, prompting the decision for an elective CT-guided biopsy. Both masses were targeted successfully using core biopsy needles. Subsequently, histopathology results for both the right adrenal and the left pelvic masses showed features compatible with myelolipomas. The right retroperitoneal mass was compatible with an adrenal myelolipoma and left pelvic mass was deemed as an extra-adrenal myelolipoma (EAML). Elsevier 2018-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6092481/ /pubmed/30116462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.07.008 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Freedman, Dr Jonathan
A rare case of co-existing adrenal and pelvic myelolipomas
title A rare case of co-existing adrenal and pelvic myelolipomas
title_full A rare case of co-existing adrenal and pelvic myelolipomas
title_fullStr A rare case of co-existing adrenal and pelvic myelolipomas
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of co-existing adrenal and pelvic myelolipomas
title_short A rare case of co-existing adrenal and pelvic myelolipomas
title_sort rare case of co-existing adrenal and pelvic myelolipomas
topic Diagnostic Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6092481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.07.008
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