Case reportPrimary Myelolipoma of the Chest Wall
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Myelolipoma is an uncommon benign neoplasm usually presenting as a small, solitary, encapsulated lesion located in the adrenal gland, although giant tumors have also been described [6]. Extra-adrenal ML is much more seldom and may occur in the liver, stomach, mesentery, spleen, retroperitoneum, pre-sacral area, or thorax [1, 2]. Thoracic location is very rare and only a few cases have been described [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. In the majority of cases, ML is asymptomatic and usually found accidentally on
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