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adrenal cysts
Friday 13 January 2006
The adrenal cyst is a rare disease that represents approximately 5% of discovered adrenal lesions, which are usually discovered incidentally.
True adrenal cysts originate to cells from mesothelium.
The potential of cyst adrenal to become malignant has been reported to be 7% and a radical excision of a potentially malignant mass are indicate.
Adrenal epithelial cysts originate to cells from mesothelium that was included in adrenal gland during embryogenesis. When they are symptomatic, symptoms due to compression of adjacent structures may appear and can also simulate cases of renal cysts, splenic cysts, “body” and “tail” of pancreas. His accurate diagnosis is the histological examination.
Types (Exemples)
adrenal epithelial cysts
Variants
hemorrhagic adrenal cysts (15080519)
adrenal macrocysts
Associations
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (15080519)
Differential diagnosis
Four types of cystic lesions of adrenals:
endothelial cysts (45%)
pseudocysts (39%)
adrenal epithelial cysts or true cysts (9%)
parasitic cysts (7%).
See also
adrenal lesions
- adrenal cystic lesions
cystic adrenal tumors
adrenal anomalies
References
True adrenal cyst mimicking renal cancer in a young woman: a case report. Schlittler LA, Dallagasperina VW, Carlotto JR, Vilarroel RU, Lazaretti NS. Cases J. 2009 Aug 12;2:7351. PMID: 19918521 [Free]
