A rare case of virilizing adult ectopic adrenal tumor

Ricardo Segabinazzi Dotto; Guilherme Marx; Mateus Bastos; Juliana Lohman Machado; Valdir Glufke; Daniel Melecchi de Oliveira Freitas

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100907

A rare case of virilizing adult ectopic adrenal tumor

Urol Case Rep. 2019 Aug 6:27:100907. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.100907. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Ricardo Segabinazzi Dotto¹, Guilherme Marx¹, Mateus Bastos¹, Juliana Lohman Machado², Valdir Glufke¹, Daniel Melecchi de Oliveira Freitas^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
² Department of Radiology Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
³ Urologist at Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Abstract

Ectopic adrenal gland is an atypical medical condition with a prevalence of less than 1%. It occurs due to an abnormal gland development during embryonic life and can be found in different parts of the body. Rarely, these ectopic glands can be hormonally active and present as bulky masses. Herein we report a case of a patient who underwent laparoscopic surgery for a large myelolipoma associated with an androgen producing adenoma in an ectopic adrenal gland.

Keywords: Ectopic adrenal; Ectopic adrenal tumor; Laparoscopy; Myelolipoma.

Publication types

Case Reports