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Table 2 Demographic and pathologic differences between myelolipoma [6] and myelolipomatous metaplasia

From: Adrenocortical adenoma with myelolipomatous metaplasia: a potential diagnostic pitfall: a case report and review of the literature

 

Myelolipoma

Myelolipomatous metaplasiaa

Dominant sex

No gender predilection

Female predominant

Age range, years (mean)

41–84(62) [6]

28–77(52.5)

Chronic disease

HTN/DM

HTN/DM

Dominant side

Right

Left

Gross and microscopic feature

Well-demarcated macroscopic fat

Ill-demarcated microscopic fat

Most common collision tumor

ACA

ACA

  1. HTN hypertension, DM diabetes mellitus, ACA adrenocortical adenoma
  2. aThe mentioned data are according to current review