Thoracic myelolipomas are extremely rare entities with only ~3% of myelolipomas are thought to occur in the thorax. When they do occur in the thorax they can manifest as
- mediastinal myelolipoma: most occur in the posterior mediastinum
- intrapulmonary myelolipoma (much less common)
- endobronchial myelolipoma
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Pathology
As with myelolipomas in general they are considered a benign tumor composed of mature adipose tissue and normal hematopoietic cells 2.
Radiographic features
CT chest
Features can be variable depending on location. CT may be able to identify fat components within the lesion. They generally tend to be small lesions (<5 cm 1). Pulmonary myelolipomas are mostly seen as small nodules,
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