[Limitations of CAT scan in the diagnosis of myelolipoma of the adrenal gland]. / Limitaciones de la TAC en el diagnóstico del mielolipoma suprarrenal.

The suprarenal myelolipoma is a myeloid tissue and fat tissue tumor. It can undergo degenerative processes of haemorrhage, necrosis and calcification. The diagnostic key is based on the finding of fat tissue in the inside of a suprarenal mass. A CAT would be the method allowing a more accurate diagnosis. Its limitations came from the presence of myelolipomas with abundant myeloid tissue, or which have suffered major degenerative processes in which it is difficult to identify the fat tissue, and in large retroperitoneal masses in which it is impossible to recognize their suprarenal origin.