A giant retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma with intraspinal involvement: report of one case.
A 9-year-old girl was discovered to have had a huge retroperitoneal mass causing moderate hydronephrosis and anterior displacement of the right kidney and which was found on a renal ultrasonographic examination. A series of examinations including (1)IVP, (2) abdominal computed tomography, (3) MRI and(4) incisional biopsy revealed a giant dumb-bell shaped retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma with intraspinal involvement. Secondary scoliosis was also noticed. We successfully resected the huge ganglioneuroma of the right retroperitoneum in a two stage procedure: her postoperative course was uneventful.
Lin
H C
HC
Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Municipal Women's and Children's Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Lu
W T
WT
Sheih
C P
CP
Liao
Y J
YJ
Tseng
S H
SH
Li
Y W
YW
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000209:etiology*