Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog diagnosed with rare benign tumors in both adrenal glands
By Morandi, Federica et al.·Published in Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association·2007·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Imaging diagnosis--bilateral adrenal adenomas and myelolipomas in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old neutered female Pug was brought to the vet after an ultrasound showed a mass on her left adrenal gland. Further imaging with a CT scan revealed two masses: one on the left that was fat-filled and another on the right that was soft tissue. The vet performed surgery to remove the left adrenal gland and took a biopsy of the right one. The results showed that she had benign tumors called adrenal adenomas and myelolipomas. After the surgery, the Pug was treated and is expected to recover well.
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Abstract
A 10-year-old neutered female Pug was evaluated for a left adrenal mass detected previously by ultrasonography. Using computed tomography, a fat-attenuating, rim-enhancing left adrenal mass and a homogeneous, soft-tissue attenuating, intensely enhancing right adrenal mass were found. A left adrenalectomy and right adrenal biopsy were performed and the final diagnosis was bilateral adrenal adenomas and myelolipomas. Myelolipomas are rare, benign, endocrinologically inactive tumors composed of well-differentiated adipose tissue and a variable amount of hematopoietic cells of both lymphatic and myeloid lineages, which may account for the different appearance on tomographic images.
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