Incidental Finding of Adrenal Oncocytoma After Right Robotic Adrenalectomy: Case Report and Literature Review

Oncocytic neoplasms occur in several organs and are most commonly found in the thyroid, kidneys and salivary glands. Oncocytic neoplasms of the adrenal cortex are extremely rare and are usually non-functioning, benign and incidentally detected. However, histologically, they are characterized by cell...

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Main Authors: Othman Alamoudi, Wael Alsulaiman, Naif Aldhaam, Maher Moazin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-05-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442016302625
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Summary:Oncocytic neoplasms occur in several organs and are most commonly found in the thyroid, kidneys and salivary glands. Oncocytic neoplasms of the adrenal cortex are extremely rare and are usually non-functioning, benign and incidentally detected. However, histologically, they are characterized by cells with eosinophilic granular cytoplasm and numerous packed mitochondria. We report a case of 33 year old lady medically free complain of right flank pain radiated to the lower abdomen, not associated with any aggravating or relieving factor or any other symptom there was no evidence of hypertension symptom, by the Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed that she has large heterogeneous mass seen at the right adrenal gland, and it was managed successfully by Robot-Assisted Right Adrenalectomy.
ISSN:2214-4420