Myelolipoma in a heterotopic adrenal gland: light and electron microscopic findings.

Publication/Presentation Date

10-1-1979

Abstract

A symptomatic myelolipoma of the heterotopic adrenal gland was diagnosed as the cause of nephrotic syndrome and was surgically removed. Remission of the nephrotic syndrome promptly ensued. Ultrastructurally, the tumor consisted of well-differentiated cells resembling adrenal cortical cells, bone marrow cells in various stages of differentiation, and lipid cells. Some cells that contained fat were of adrenal cortical origin, but the derivation of most lipid cells and of bone marrow elements could not be deduced from the present ultrastructural findings.

Volume

44

Issue

4

First Page

1350

Last Page

1356

ISSN

0008-543X

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

498015

Department(s)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Document Type

Article

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