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| Adrenal ganglioneuroma: A rare case presentation | ||||||
| P. N. Tungenwar1, A. H. Bhandarwar1, Saurabh Gandhi1, Rachana Binayke1, Samarth Agarwal1, Ajay Pai1 | ||||||
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1Department of General Surgery, Grant Government Medical College & Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Byculla, Mumbai – 400008.
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| Tungenwar PN, Bhandarwar AH, Gandhi S, Binayke R, Agarwal S, Pai A. Adrenal ganglioneuroma: A rare case presentation. Int J Case Rep Images 2016;7(8):519–523. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Ganglioneuromas are benign, well differentiated tumors arising from the sympathetic nervous system. However, they arise rarely in the adrenal glands. Ganglioneuroma (GN) is a very rare (0–6% of incidentalomas) tumor that arises from sympathetic ganglion/chain and is made of mature ganglion cells, Schwann cells, neurites and nerve fibers. Most cases of adrenal ganglioneuromas are incidentally diagnosed since they are mostly asymptomatic and produce symptoms rarely due to compression of neighboring structures.
Case Report: We hereby present a rare case of an adult female patient presented with pain in abdomen diagnosed with a non-secretory adrenal mass who underwent laparoscopic excision of the mass. She was finally diagnosed on pathological examination to be an adrenal ganglioneuroma, one of the very rare tumors reported in literature. Conclusion: Adrenal ganglioneuromas occur rarely and difficult in diagnosing preoperatively since symptoms vary and are mostly nonspecific. Ganglioneuroma should not be missed as a differential diagnosis of an adrenal mass. Histopathologic examination plays a crucial role in diagnosis. | |
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Keywords:
Ganglioneuroma, Adrenal, Adult, Laparoscopic excision
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Author Contributions
P. N. Tungenwar – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published A. H. Bhandarwar – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Saurabh Gandhi – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Rachana Binayke – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Samarth Agarwal – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Ajay Pai – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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© 2016 P. N. Tungenwar et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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