Symptomatic Myelolipoma of the Adrenal Gland

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  • LPLivingston Parsons
    Livingston Parsons
  • JTJames E. Thompson
    James E. Thompson
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Abstract
MYELOLIPOMA of the adrenal gland is a rare tumor, reports of which have sporadically appeared in the literature for the past twenty-five years. It has always been described as an incidental finding at autopsy, and the case reported below is of interest, since we believe it to be the first recorded case in which a myelolipoma has reached a large enough size to produce symptoms necessitating operative removal.Case ReportM.G., a 51-year-old woman, was admitted to Roosevelt Hospital in October, 1956, with a 2-month history of malaise, anorexia and poorly localized discomfort in the upper abdomen. These symptoms were . . .