Spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma secondary to the rupture of suprarenal myelolipoma

To describe a case of adrenal myelolipoma in a patient that presented with retroperitoneal hemorrhage. A 53-year-old patient that presented with retroperitoneal hemorrhage is described. A CT scan showed a 14 cm fat-containing mass in the right adrenal area surrounded by another hyperdense mass sugge...

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Published inArchivos españoles de urología Vol. 53; no. 8; pp. 724 - 725
Main Authors Machuca Santa-Cruz, F, Pérez Rodríguez, D, Julve Villalta, E, Alonso Dorrego, J, Quiñonero Díaz, A, Galacho Bech, A, Marín Martín, J
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.10.2000
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Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - complications
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Hematoma - diagnostic imaging
Hematoma - etiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myelolipoma - complications
Myelolipoma - diagnostic imaging
Retroperitoneal Space
Rupture, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:To describe a case of adrenal myelolipoma in a patient that presented with retroperitoneal hemorrhage. A 53-year-old patient that presented with retroperitoneal hemorrhage is described. A CT scan showed a 14 cm fat-containing mass in the right adrenal area surrounded by another hyperdense mass suggestive of hemorrhage. A right adrenalectomy was performed. Histopathologic analysis of the mass confirmed the clinical diagnosis of ruptured adrenal myelolipoma. The clinical and therapeutic aspects are discussed and the literature is briefly reviewed. Adrenal myelolipomas are rare benign lesions and are usually asymptomatic. Spontaneous rupture is very uncommon and is related with the size of the tumor. To our knowledge, only six cases have been previously reported in the literature.
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ISSN:0004-0614