Combined Adrenal Myelolipoma and Medullary Hyperplasia
- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by S. Karger AG in Hormone Research in Paediatrics
- Vol. 62 (1) , 23-26
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000078383
Abstract
Objective: A patient is reported with hypertension due to combined medullary adrenal hyperplasia and myelolipoma. Methods: A 52-year-old woman with long-standing hypertension was evaluated for an incidentally discoveredlargetumor of the left adrenal. Left adrenalectomy was performed for a presumptive clinical diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. Results: Histopathologic examination revealed a mixed tumor consisting of a large myelolipoma with infiltrating foci of adrenal medulla. Conclusions: A patient is described with hypertension, myelolipoma and adrenal medullary hyperplasia; following adrenalectomy, however, blood pressure and biochemical abnormalities normalized.Keywords
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