Journal de cytologie et d'histologie

Adrenal Incidentalomas with Review of Literature

Abstract

Shailja Puri, Kavita Mardi, Neelam Gupta and Manju Rao

Adrenal incidentaloma is a mass lesion greater than 1 cm in diameter, serendipitously discovered by radiologic examination. The reported incidence of adrenal incidentalomas is between 4-6%. Majority of reported adrenal incidentalomas are adenomas (hormonally active/inactive), pheochromocytoma, adrenal carcinoma and metastatic carcinomas. We report three rare adrenal incidentalomas with brief review of literature. The three adrenal incidentalomas proved to be adrenal myelolipoma, adrenal pseudocyst and adrenal teratoma on histopathology. Preoperative hormonal assessment and postoperative histopathological examination is required in all cases of adrenal incidentalomas to rule out malignancy.