LARGE ADRENAL CYSTS IN TEENAGE GIRLS - DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

Large adrenal cysts usually occur in the fifth and sixth decades of a patient's life but are rare in the first two decades. This paper prese nts the clinical, cross-sectional imaging, surgical, pathological and follow-up data of three teenage girls with large adrenal cysts. Two ha d vague upper abdominal pain and, in the other, the cyst was found inc identally, The cysts were surgically removed in two patients, while in the third, follow-up imaging has shown no change in the cyst over a 4 -year period, suggesting that conservative management is a reasonable option.