title: Intramedullary secretory gangliocytoma.
abstract: An 8-year-old boy developed severe systemic hypertension during resection of an intramedullary tumor. The histological, ultrastructural and immunocytochemical characteristics of the tumor are those of a gangliocytoma. Based on the demonstration of tyrosine hydroxylase in neuronal tumor cells, it is postulated that catecholamine secretion was responsible for the systemic hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis 46202-5120.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Azzarelli
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Luerssen
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000209:etiology