Journal of Pathology of Nepal (Sep 2018)

Angiomyolipoma; a rare entity in the left adrenal gland

  • Shankar Bastakoti,
  • Binay Thakur,
  • Mukti Devkota,
  • Amrita Paudel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3126/jpn.v8i2.20897
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 1416 – 1418

Abstract

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Adrenal angiomyolipoma is a rare benign entity and only to sixteen cases have been reported in English literature till date. Other site of occurrence is liver, spleen, lungs, bone and ovary. We report a female aged 54 years, who presented with left flank pain, on CT scan showed left adrenal mass. Patient underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy and final histopathological examination revealed angiomyolipoma of left adrenal gland.

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