Three patients presented some decades after severe traumatic injury with atypical bowel symptoms which were caused by a giant myelolipoma of the adrenal gland.
The aetiology of this rare, benign and generally asymptomatic tumour is virtually unknown at present and several hypotheses have been devised. This report describes a possible association between high-energy trauma and the development of giant myelolipomas, further contributing to the hypothesis that severe systemic stress could be an aetiological factor in the development of an adrenal myelolipoma.
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Zorgdrager M, Pol R, van Hemel B, van Ginkel R. Are you the author?
Department of Surgery, University of Groningen, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Pathology, University of Groningen, UMCG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Reference: BMJ Case Rep. 2014 May 28;2014. pii: bcr2014204023.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204023
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PMID: 24872487
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