adrenal lipoma

An adrenal lipoma is an extremely rare macroscopic fat containing adrenal lesion. with only a handful of cases described in literature.

Pathology

Like other lipomas elsehwre in the body, they are benign tumors of mesenchymal origin that contain mature fatty tissue and are surrounded by a fibrous capsule.

Radiographic features

CT/MRI

Appears as a well-circumscribed, homogeneous, fatty lesion with minimal or no soft-tissue attenuation / signal within the lesion.

Differnential diagnosis

For macroscopic fat containing adrenal lesions consider

• adrenal myelolipoma: most common macroscopic fat containing adrenal lesion.

See also 

• fat containing adrenal lesions

Siehe auch:

• Myelolipom Nebenniere
• adrenal myolipoma