title: [Ganglioneuroma arising in the adrenal medulla: a case report].
abstract: We report a case of adrenal ganglioneuroma. A 33-year-old woman visited our clinic with a complaint of epigastralgia. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a round mass, 4 cm in diameter, in the left suprarenal fossa. Laboratory data including endocrinological study were normal except for a mild increase of urinary excretion of dopamine. Under the diagnosis of left non-functioning adrenal tumor, surgery was performed on August 9, 1996 through flank incision. The excised tumor was well-demarcated and weighed 36.6 g. The cut surface revealed an ash-colored round tumor surrounded by thin stretched adrenal tissue. Histological diagnosis of the tumor was a ganglioneuroma originating from the adrenal medulla.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuse
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koshida
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000313:Adrenal Medulla; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed