Giant adrenal angiomyolipoma

Abstract

Context: We report on a case of adrenal angiomyolipoma. Objective: The aim was to present a case report and review of the literature about adrenal angiomyolipoma. Design: The case report includes a history of patient data and literature review. Setting: The patient was offered adrenalectomy with adrenal gland neoplasms and gave consent. The tumor was completely removed. Patient: We present the case of a 55-yr-old patient with a 15 x 16-cm adrenal angiomyolipoma. Intervention: We performed adrenalectomy with adrenal gland neoplasms. Results: The histopathological features confirmed the diagnosis of adrenal angiomyolipoma. The patient made an uneventful recovery and was normal at the 6-month follow-up. Conclusions: Angiomyolipomas are rare mesenchymal tumors derived from perivascular epithelioid cells. These arecommonlyfound in the kidney. Angiomyolipoma arising in the adrenal is a very rare entity. We present a case of adrenal angiomyolipoma. In our case, the tumor size was (15 x 16 cm), the largest being reported. Copyright © 2012 by The Endocrine Society.