Ganglioneuroma: an 'incidentaloma' of childhood.
In adults clinically silent adrenal masses can be discovered incidentally in imaging studies. Most of these 'incidentalomas' are benign, non-functioning adenomas. In contradistinction, in infancy and childhood the most common adrenal mass is the neuroblastoma, a malignant neural crest tumour. Four children are described, each with a benign neural crest tumour - ganglioneuroma - incidentally discovered by conventional radiography or sonographic examination. Complete surgical excision resulted in total recovery of all the children.
Schulman
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Department of Radiology, Soroka Medical Centre, Ben-Gurion University, P. O. Box 151, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Laufer
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Barki
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Philip
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Mares
A J
AJ
Maor
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Hertzanu
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000473:pathology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed