Adrenal myelolipoma: a rare entity

ABSTRACT

Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare, benign, non-functioning and often asymptomatic tumor of the adrenal gland. It may be complicated by pain or retroperitoneal hemorrhage. Diagnosis is mostly based on medical imaging which also helps to differentiate it from other adrenal incidentalomas by demonstrating its adipose composition. The treatment of choice for complicated, symptomatic or large adrenal myelolipomas is surgical excision. We report the case of a large adrenal myelolipoma in a 44-year-old male patient treated surgically