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SUBMITTER: Dotto RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713834 | biostudies-other | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Dotto Ricardo Segabinazzi RS Marx Guilherme G Bastos Mateus M Machado Juliana Lohman JL Glufke Valdir V de Oliveira Freitas Daniel Melecchi DM
Urology case reports 20190806
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. ...[more]