Ganglioneuroma presenting with differentiated skeletal metastases. Report of a case

The authors report the case of a child with retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma and cytodifferentiated skeletal metastases. The primary tumor was surgically resected, and the child is alive and well 2 years later without additional therapy. This rarely documented phenomenon can be explained by spontaneou...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer 1984-07, Vol.54 (2), p.357-360
Hauptverfasser:	Garvin, James H., Lack, Ernest E., Berenberg, William, Frantz, Christopher N.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adrenals. Adrenal axis. Renin-angiotensin system (diseases) Biological and medical sciences Bone Neoplasms - secondary Bone Neoplasms - surgery Cell Differentiation Child, Preschool Endocrinopathies Female Ganglioneuroma - secondary Ganglioneuroma - surgery Humans Malignant tumors Medical sciences Neuroblastoma - pathology Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - pathology Retroperitoneal Neoplasms - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors report the case of a child with retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma and cytodifferentiated skeletal metastases. The primary tumor was surgically resected, and the child is alive and well 2 years later without additional therapy. This rarely documented phenomenon can be explained by spontaneous cytomaturation within both primary and metastatic tumor.
ISSN:	0008-543X 1097-0142
DOI:	10.1002/1097-0142(19840715)54:2<357::AID-CNCR2820540230>3.0.CO;2-4