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Association of Pulmonary Sequestration with Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation in an Adult Presenting as an Adrenal Incidentaloma: A Case Report

FREY S | C Caillard | F Toulgoat

Seance of wednesday 29 may 2019 (Problèmes cliniques difficiles en chirurgie endocrinienne)

DOI number : 10.26299/xkv9-5t51/emem.2018.1.014

Abstract

Unexpected discovery of an adrenal mass is nowadays a frequent situation because of the expansion of the indications of the abdominal CT-scan and MRI. However, many suprarenal retroperitoneal masses are not adrenal gland tumors. Pulmonary sequestration, which is an accessory lung sometimes situated within the retroperitoneum, is one of the differential diagnoses of adrenal incidentaloma. Here, we report the case of a 36 years old patient initially diagnosed with a non-secreting adrenal tumor. The mass was discovered intraoperatively independent from the adrenal gland, and histological analysis found a pulmonary sequestration associated with a cystic adenoid malformation.