Ectopic adrenal tissue in right uterine adnexa: A case report.

Kim, Tae Hyoung; Cha, Dong Soo; Han, Kyoung Hee; Youm, Hyun Sik; Hyon, Naomi Nahyoung; Chong, Yosep; Park, Kwang Hwa

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2008;51(12):1562-1565.
Published online December 1, 2008.

Ectopic adrenal tissue in right uterine adnexa: A case report.

Tae Hyoung Kim, Dong Soo Cha, Kyoung Hee Han, Hyun Sik Youm, Naomi Nahyoung Hyon, Yosep Chong, Kwang Hwa Park

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. dscha123@naver.com
²Department of Pathology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea.

Abstract

Ectopic adrenal tissue is observed in about 50% of neonates, but observed in about 1% of adults as it atrophies and disappears over time. In most cases, ectopic adrenal tissue is found in organs below the diaphragm such as liver, pancreas, kidney, transverse colon and male and female genital tract. However, ectopic adrenal tissue found in the uterine adnexa is a very rare case through the world. Ectopic adrenal tissue was incidentally found in the right uterine adnexa after total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingooophorectomy, so we report this case with a brief review of literatures.

Key Words: Ectopic adrenal tissue, Uterine adnexa