Angiomyolipoma of the adrenal gland: clinical experience and literature review.

ABSTRACT: Angiomyolipomas, a type of benign mesenchymal tumor originating from perivascular epithelioid cells, are composed of mature adipose tissue, smooth muscle, and thick-walled vessels. With fewer than 20 cases reported in English literature, adrenal angiomyolipoma is extremely rare. In these cases, the patient is usually asymptomatic and the tumor is found incidentally. Adrenal angiomyolipoma has never been reported in association with lung cancer. A 62-year-old man presented with an enlarged mass in the left adrenal gland. The mass had persisted for two years previously and was first discovered during a routine follow-up CT examination after lung cancer resection in 2016. Subsequently, partial left adrenal resection was performed. Postoperative histopathology confirmed a benign angiomyolipoma

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7290629 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature