Adrenal lipoma in a woman

Authors

  • Yaima Magdalena Bell Hernández Hospital General Docente “Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba

Keywords:

adrenal incidentaloma, adrenal lipoma, imaging science studies, computerized axial tomography.

Abstract

The case report of a 51 years clinically asymptomatic woman who was referred to the Endocrinology Service of “Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso” Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba is presented, due to a malignancy in the right adrenal gland found by chance during a computerized axial tomography study in her abdomen.  The complementary and imaging tests were repeated, and these last ones revealed the presence of a neoplastic mass mainly fatty.  The patient underwent a laparotomy and the malignancy was removed consisting in an adrenal lipoma, as shown by the histopathological study; at present she has no clinical incidence.

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Author Biography

Yaima Magdalena Bell Hernández, Hospital General Docente “Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de Cuba

SOY DRA ESPECIALISTA EN PRIMER GRADO EN MEDICINA GENERAL INTEGRAL Y ENDOCRINOLOGIA QUE LABORO EN EL HOSP DR JUAN BRUNO ZAYAS EN SANTIAGO DE CUBA Y EN ESTOS MOMENTOS ESTOY CUMPLIENDO MISION MEDICA EN ECUADOR

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Published

2016-05-07

How to Cite

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Bell Hernández YM. Adrenal lipoma in a woman. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2016 May 7 [cited 2025 Jun. 4];20(5). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/874

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 5 (2016): MEDISAN

Section

Case Reports

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