title: Parapharyngeal ganglioneuroma. Report of a case diagnosed by fine needle aspiration.
abstract: A case of ganglioneuroma presenting in a parapharyngeal location in a 4-year-old girl was subjected to fine needle aspiration cytology. A preoperative diagnosis of ganglioneuroma was subsequently confirmed on histopathologic examination. Only a few reports on the cytologic features of this tumor exist. The importance of considering this diagnosis for a tumor at an unusual site and in an uncommon age group is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hazarika
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Naresh
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Gowda
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure