Presacral myelolipoma as a possible parasymptom of cancer: A case report. (20th April 2018)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Presacral myelolipoma as a possible parasymptom of cancer: A case report. (20th April 2018)
- Main Title:
- Presacral myelolipoma as a possible parasymptom of cancer: A case report
- Authors:
- Sakamoto, Akio
Nagamatsu, Iori
Shiba, Eisuke
Okamoto, Takeshi
Hisaoka, Masanori
Matsuda, Shuichi - Abstract:
- Presacral myelolipomas are rare, benign, asymptomatic tumors composed of mature adipose tissue and hematopoietic elements. Presacral myelolipomas can occur in patients with a medical history of malignancy, steroid use, and/or endocrine disorders including diabetes mellitus. A 65-year-old man with no specific medical history experienced temporal abdominal pain without bowel symptoms that lasted a few hours. By the time he visited a hospital, the pain had diminished. Computed tomography failed to detect any abnormality in the abdominal or pelvic organs that would have caused the abdominal pain but revealed a lesion 4 cm in diameter in the frontal sacrum. Magnetic resonance imaging showed that the lesion contained fat elements with a high signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted images, which was decreased on fat-suppression T2-weighted images. Computed tomography–guided biopsy and imaging allowed a diagnosis of presacral myelolipoma. After 3 months, hematochezia was observed, and follow-up examination revealed rectal carcinoma with multiple lung metastases. He died due to spread of the cancer despite chemotherapy, 6 months after the cancer was found. Considering the possible association between presacral myelolipoma and cancer, presacral myelolipoma might be a cancer parasymptom. Checking for possible malignancy may therefore be warranted in patients with presacral myelolipoma, especially in those without diabetes mellitus.
- Is Part Of:
- Rare tumors. Volume 10(2018)
- Journal:
- Rare tumors
- Issue:
- Volume 10(2018)
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- Volume 10, Issue 2018 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 2018
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0010-2018-0000
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- Publication Date:
- 2018-04-20
- Subjects:
- Presacral myelolipomas -- CT -- MRI -- rectal carcinoma -- cancer
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http://journals.sagepub.com/home/RTU ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/2036361318772124 ↗
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- English
- ISSNs:
- 2036-3613
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