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Fat-containing adrenal lesions

Last revised by Joshua Yap on 6 Feb 2023

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Citation:

Elfeky M, Yap J, Fat-containing adrenal lesions. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-159971

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-159971

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/159971

rID:

159971

Article created:

10 Jan 2023, Mostafa Elfeky ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Mostafa Elfeky had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

Last revised:

6 Feb 2023, Joshua Yap ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Joshua Yap had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

Revisions:

3 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

There are numerous fat-containing adrenal lesions, often benign and non-functional ¹.

Benign lesions containing fat:

Malignant lesions may also occasionally contain fat:

adrenocortical carcinoma: rarely contains a fat component
adrenal collision tumor: the most prevalent fat-containing component is an adrenal adenoma
adrenal liposarcoma

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