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CASE REPORT article

Front. Oncol.
Sec. Cancer Imaging and Image-directed Interventions
Volume 14 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1435143

Imaging of Adrenal Adenomatoid Tumors: Reports of Two Cases and Review of Literature

Provisionally accepted
Yuanyuan Wu Yuanyuan Wu Dongliang Hu Dongliang Hu Manman Cui Manman Cui Yan Liu Yan Liu XiuZhi Zhou XiuZhi Zhou Duchang Zhai Duchang Zhai Guohua Fan Guohua Fan Wu Cai Wu Cai *
  • Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, China

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    Adenomatoid tumors(AT) are uncommon, benign tumors of mesothelial origination most frequently encountered in the genital tracts of both sexes. Extragenital localization sites such as adrenal glands are extremely rare. Since patients with adrenal ATs have no obvious clinical symptoms, imaging examination has become an important evidence for diagnosis. Although previous literature believed that the imaging findings of adrenal AT were not specific, there was no relevant literature to prove it. We herein present two novel cases of adrenal AT confirmed by immunohistochemistry, which were misdiagnosed as other more common adrenal tumors according to clinical findings and preoperative imaging. Then, including our cases, we collected a total of 33 adrenal ATs previously reported and extracted all available imaging information of them, aiming to find some radiological characteristics of this rare tumor. Through review, we found some non-specific imaging features of adrenal ATs while final diagnosis still depends on pathology and immunohistochemistry results.

    Keywords: Adenomatoid tumors, adrenal gland, Computed tomography, Magnetic resonance (MR), imaging

    Received: 19 May 2024; Accepted: 09 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wu, Hu, Cui, Liu, Zhou, Zhai, Fan and Cai. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Wu Cai, Department of Radiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Soochow, China

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