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Hemorrhagic adrenal gland lipoma: About a rare case and review of literature

The adrenal lipoma is an extremely rare, benign, and non-functional tumor. We present the first case of adrenal lipoma on the African continent and the youngest patient reported to date. computed tomography (CT) scan guided diagnosis and laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed given symptomatic and...

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Autores principales: Boukhannous, Ibrahim, Aynaou, Mohammed, Mhanna, Tarik, El Houmaidi, Amine, Miri, Achraf, Barki, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7573851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33101997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101294
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Sumario:The adrenal lipoma is an extremely rare, benign, and non-functional tumor. We present the first case of adrenal lipoma on the African continent and the youngest patient reported to date. computed tomography (CT) scan guided diagnosis and laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed given symptomatic and large mass. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis. At 12 months after the surgery, the patient had no evidence of recurrence.