Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2012)

Silent Intravascular Lymphoma Initially Manifesting as a Unilateral Adrenal Incidentaloma

  • Yoshiko Takahashi,
  • Keiji Iida,
  • Yasuhisa Hino,
  • Takeshi Ohara,
  • Toshifumi Kurahashi,
  • Takashi Tashiro,
  • Kazuo Chihara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/849285
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare subtype of malignant lymphoma. Although the involvement of adrenal glands in IVLBCL is often observed, primary adrenal IVLBCL is rare. Most reported cases of adrenal IVLBCL showed bilateral lesions resulting in rapidly progressive adrenal failure and poor prognosis. Here, we report a case of slowly progressive primary adrenal IVLBCL manifesting initially with unilateral adrenal incidentaloma. This case is a silent IVLBCL and shows that the enlargement of both adrenal glands can be followed.