Ganglioneuroma mimicking ovarian tumor: a report of a case and review of the ganglioneuromas

Ganglioneuroma is the most common tumor of the sympathetic nervous system in the adults. It occurs most commonly in the mediastinum and retroperitoneum and are almost always benign tumors in nature. Here, we report a case of the retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma mimicking an ovarian tumor in a 20 years...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of gynecology and obstetrics 2005-01, Vol.271 (1), p.66-68
Hauptverfasser:	Gültekin, Murat, Dursun, Polat, Salman, Coskun, Ozyüncü, Ozgür, Saglam, Arzu, Küçükali, Türkan, Ayhan, Ali
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adnexa Uteri - diagnostic imaging Adult Diagnosis, Differential Female Ganglioneuroma - diagnosis Ganglioneuroma - diagnostic imaging Ganglioneuroma - pathology Humans Immunohistochemistry Neuroblastoma Ovarian cancer Ovarian Neoplasms - diagnosis Ovarian Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - diagnosis Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - pathology Ultrasonography, Doppler
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Zusammenfassung:	Ganglioneuroma is the most common tumor of the sympathetic nervous system in the adults. It occurs most commonly in the mediastinum and retroperitoneum and are almost always benign tumors in nature. Here, we report a case of the retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma mimicking an ovarian tumor in a 20 years old female patient.
ISSN:	0932-0067 1432-0711
DOI:	10.1007/s00404-003-0575-9