AN OPERATED CASE OF GANGLIONEUROMA ORIGINATING FROM THE LEFT ADRENAL MEDULLA

Autor:	Takayuki Miyagawa, Hidefumi Tsushima, Teruo Kusakabe, Akihiko Kobayashi, Hideki Mori, Yoshinori Shimizu, Yoshihiro Fuzioka
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.disease Asymptomatic Pheochromocytoma Needle biopsy medicine Radiology Left adrenal medulla Ganglioneuroma Ultrasonography medicine.symptom business Pathological Left kidney
Zdroj:	Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association). 60:1107-1111
ISSN:	1882-5133 1345-2843
DOI:	10.3919/jjsa.60.1107
Popis:	We experienced an operated case of left adrenal ganglioneuroma. An asymptomatic 48-year-old man was detected to have a 10×6cm mass between the spleen and left kidney by ultrasonography during a routine health care examination. Laboratory data were almost normal including sera levels of catecolamines. Needle biopsy under ultrasonography to obtain the definite diagnosis offered a suspicion of pheochromocytoma with class 3. The tumor with left adrenal gland was completely removed. The definite diagnosis of benign ganglioneuroma was made based on pathological findings. Ganglioneuromas present difficulty in preoperative diagnosis even though several examinations including needle biopsy are performed. Further studies to make the definite diagnosis of the disease would be necessary.
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