Bilateral Lipoadenoma of the Adrenal Glands and Humeral Brown Tumor: An Unusual Association.

ABSTRACT: Adrenal adenolipomas are rare lipomatous adrenal tumors that can be either functional or not. Only 7 cases have been reported in the English literature so far. However, brown tumors are benign, rare, historical lesions, with histological similarity to giant tumors that can be encountered in 1% of all primary hyperparathyroidism cases. We report the case of an unusual association of bilateral lipoadenoma of the adrenal glands and humeral brown tumor in a 35-year-old patient. He presented to the emergency department with a pathological fracture of the left humerus secondary to a brown tumor. The medical investigations have concluded to primary hyperparathyroidism. The screening for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 revealed the presence of bilateral nonsecreting adrenal masses whose anatom

SUBMITTER: Messaoudi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8416393 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature