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Table 1 All adrenal lipomas reported to date, except those mentioned in Myśliwiec et al. [2] where no other clinical information was provided.

From: A giant adrenal lipoma presenting in a woman with chronic mild postprandial abdominal pain: a case report

No.

Author

Year

Sex

Age, years

Localization

Imaging

Dimensions/weight

Clinical setting

1

Lange [11]

1966

M

54

Right

 

2.5 cm

Necropsy, paroxysmal hypertension

2

Prinz et al. [6]

1982

F

73

Right

CT

3 cm

Incidental finding

3

Avinoach et al. [6]

1989

F

40

Right

 

1.3 cm/7 g

Incidental finding (laparotomy)

4

Abe et al. [13]

1994

M

56

Left

US/CT

250 g

Pain

5

Lam et al. [3]

1997

F

64

Right

US

8 cm/190 g

Incidental finding/disease free >7 years

6

Lam et al. [3]

1997

M

78

Right

 

4.5 cm/24 g

Incidental finding (necropsy)

7

Ghavamian et al. [6]

1998

F

50

Left

CT

8 cm

Incidental finding (CT)

8

Guereirro et al. [14]

1998

F

66

Right

US/CT

7 × 6 × 6 cm

Hypertension

9

Sharma et al. [12]

1998

M

45

Right

 

12 × 10 × 5 cm/225 g

Pain, hypertension

10

Lam et al. [3]

2001

M

65

Left

 

2 cm

Incidental finding (necropsy)

11

Butner [6]

2002

M

50

Right

 

1.1 cm

Incidental finding (necropsy)

12

Milathianakis et al. [10]

2002

M

39

Right

US/CT

20 cm

Incidental finding

13

Rodriguez-Calvo et al. [8]

2007

M

70

Left

 

1 cm

Incidental finding (necropsy)

14

Rodriguez-Calvo et al. [8]

2007

M

45

Right

 

2 cm

Incidental finding (necropsy), pheochromocytoma (left)

15

Shumaker et al.

2008

M

68

Left

CT/MRI

7 cm/135 g

Hypertension, pain

16

Singaporewalla et al.

2009

M

44

Left

CT

15.6 cm

Retroperitoneal bleeding

17

Gupta et al. [9]

2009

M

51

Right

CT

11.6 × 14.9 × 14.9 cm

Complicated by perinephric abscess

18

Shah et al.

2009

M

35

Right

IVU/US/CT

 

Pain

19

Our case

2010

F

54

Left

CT

16 × 14 × 7 cm

Pain

  1. CT = computed tomography; US = ultrasound.