PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Schittenhelm, Jens
AU  - Jacob, Simon N
AU  - Rutczynska, Joanna
AU  - Tsiflikas, Ilias
AU  - Meyermann, Richard
AU  - Beschorner, Rudi
TI  - Extra-adrenal paravertebral myelolipoma mimicking a thoracic schwannoma
AID  - 10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0561
DP  - 2009 Jan 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr0720080561
VI  - 2009
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.07.2008.0561.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.07.2008.0561.full
AB  - Myelolipoma of the adrenal gland is composed of both adipose tissue and normal haematopoietic elements. Extra-adrenal myelolipomas are rare. We present the case of a 63-year-old female patient with adenoma of the adrenal gland and an additional paravertebral lesion in the thoracic spine. Previous computed tomography of the lesion covering the nerve roots in the right T8–T9 foramina was compatible with a schwannoma. Post-mortem histopathology showed the incidental finding of a paravertebral myelolipoma.