title: [A case of retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma].
abstract: A 41-year-old female patient with a right retroperitoneal tumor for more than thirty years was referred to our department. Exploration was done through a transperitoneal approach and the tumor was removed. A ganglioneuroma was diagnosed histopathologically. There have been 99 reported cases with retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma including our present case in Japan and we discuss the pathogenesis and treatment of this rare disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nara Medical University.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozono
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okajima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*