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12696193

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-16
pubmed:abstractText
Ganglioneuroma is relatively rare, and difficult to distinguish from other tumors due to lack of image findings specific for ganglioneuromas. In this report, two cases of ganglioneuroma preoperatively diagnosed as non-functioning adrenal tumor and retroperitoneal tumor are reported. A 25-year-old male and a 29-year-old male visited our institute with chief complaints of upper abdominal pain and asymptomatic microscopic hematuria, respectively. Computed tomographic scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed a 7 x 6 x 5 cm solid tumor above the upper pole of the right kidney in the former case, 8 cm poorly enhanced tumor grown surrounding the left renal artery in the latter case. Surgical resection was performed in both cases. In the latder case, since intraoperative histological examination showed no malignant finding, renal vessels penetrating in the tumor were preserved by transecting the tumor. Postoperative histological examination revealed an adrenal ganglioneuroma and a retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma in the former and latter cases, respectively. A ganglioneuroma can be surgically dissected with favorable prognosis, but preoperative differential diagnosis is sometimes difficult due to few specific radiological and laboratory findings.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0018-1994
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
107-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
[Two cases of ganglioneuroma].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Kitasato University School of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports