Computed tomography of adrenocortical carcinoma containing macroscopic fat

Cancer Imaging. 2010 Nov 9;10(1):198-200. doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2010.0029.

Abstract

The presence of macroscopic fat in an adrenal mass has classically been associated with myelolipoma. Adrenocortical carcinoma is typically an aggressive malignancy with a poor prognosis. The presence of macroscopic fat is not a characteristic finding in adrenocortical carcinoma or other adrenal malignancies. We report a case of a newly discovered large adrenal mass containing multiple areas of macroscopic fat, which was pathologically proven to represent an adrenocortical carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adipose Tissue / pathology
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / pathology
  • Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / surgery
  • Adult
  • Carcinoma / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma / pathology
  • Carcinoma / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myelolipoma / diagnosis
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed*