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ArticleCase reports in surgery2018

Giant Adrenal Myelolipoma in a Patient without Endocrine Disorder: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature.

Yoshifumi Nakayama, Nobutaka Matayoshi, Masaki Akiyama, Yusuke Sawatsubashi, Jun Nagata, Masanori Hisaoka, Keiji Hirata

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Article in Case reports in surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A Rare Case of Catecholamine-Secreting Adrenal Myelolipoma.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2025
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  5. Giant symptomatic adrenal myelolipoma: A case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022
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  7. Adrenal Incidentaloma: Challenges in Diagnosing Adrenal Myelolipoma.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoshifumi NakayamaDepartment of Surgery 1, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-nishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6010-5398
Nobutaka MatayoshiDepartment of Surgery 1, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-nishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
Masaki AkiyamaDepartment of Surgery 1, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-nishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
Yusuke SawatsubashiDepartment of Surgery 1, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-nishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
Jun NagataDepartment of Surgery 1, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-nishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
Masanori HisaokaDepartment of Pathology and Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-nishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
Keiji HirataDepartment of Surgery 1, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata-nishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein present a surgically treated case of huge adrenal myelolipoma. A 62-year-old woman presented to our surgical outpatient clinic with a retroperitoneal tumor. A clinical examination revealed an elastic soft, smooth-surfaced, painless, child-head-sized tumor with poor mobility, which was located in the left upper abdomen. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen revealed an uneven tumor surrounding the stomach, spleen, pancreas, and left kidney, which was 20 × 18 × 10 cm in size. The retroperitoneal tumor was resected. The tumor was attached to the surrounding organs, including the pancreas, spleen, and left kidney, but had not directly invaded these organs. The tumor was yellow and elastic soft and covered with a thin film. The origin of the tumor was suggested to be the left adrenal gland. The weight of the excised tumor was 1500 g. The histopathological diagnosis was adrenal myelolipoma. The patient had an uneventful recovery and was discharged from the hospital on the thirteenth day after the operation. She has been followed up in our outpatient clinic.

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PMID29992078
PMCPMC6016169
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