Myelolipoma of the Adrenal Gland

Case report of a bilateral adrenal myelolipoma associated with Cushing disease

“…[8,9] In 1886, Arnold first reported myeloid tissue in the adrenal gland [10] and in 1905, Gierk described it as a tumor which has both adipose and hematopoietic tissue. [11] Oberling first named it myelolipoma in 1929. [11] Adrenal myelolipoma was generally found on the right side because this side of the adrenal gland is easier to detect during abdominal ultrasonography.…”

“…[11] Oberling first named it myelolipoma in 1929. [11] Adrenal myelolipoma was generally found on the right side because this side of the adrenal gland is easier to detect during abdominal ultrasonography. [8] In the past, it was usually found through biopsy, but improvements in medical imaging have increased the frequency of detection.…”

Myelolipoma of the Adrenal Gland

“…2 of them had calculous disease [4,26]. In 1 case a renal cell carcinoma of the ipsilateral kidney was responsible [14], and in 2 patients no cause of hematuria could be found [6,27], X-ray examination usually revealed renal displacement because of the su prarenal radiolucent mass indicating the presence of fat. Calcifications within the mass and even in the contralat eral adrenal area were reported [6,22,24,25,27], On sonography the tumors appeared to be solid, and the high echodensity is characteristic and suggestive for lipomatous tissue [6,17], Sometimes it seemed to be difficult to differentiate the mass from adjacent retroperitoneal fat because of its acoustic similarity, or the mass could not be localized definitely as intrarenal or extrarenal [6].…”