Rare Case of Multifocal (Adrenal and Extra - Adrenal ) Myelolipoma

• Authors: Roman Bandurski , Konrad Zaręba , Bogusław Kędra
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Adrenal myelolipoma is an extremely rare lesion, which is composed of adipose and hematopoetic tissue. The above-mentioned lesion was first described by Gierke in 1905, with the term myelolipoma used for the first time by Oberling in 1929.The Authors of the study presented a case of a 57 year-old female patient diagnosed with a multifocal adrenal and extra- adrenal myelolipoma.

Keywords

EN

myelolipoma; adrenal gland; falciform ligament

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 85
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 348-350

Dates

published

1 - 06 - 2013

online

05 - 07 - 2013

Contributors

author

Roman Bandurski

• 2nd Chair and Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Medical University in Białystok, 15- 276 Białystok, ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 24a, Kierownik: prof. dr hab. B. Kędra

author

Konrad Zaręba

• 2nd Chair and Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Medical University in Białystok, Kierownik: prof. dr hab. B. Kędra

author

Bogusław Kędra

• 2nd Chair and Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Medical University in Białystok, Kierownik: prof. dr hab. B. Kędra

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjs-2013-0052