title: Central pancreatectomy for a pancreatic ganglioneuroma in a patient with previous neuroblastoma.
abstract: This is a case presentation of a 28-year-old woman with a mass at the junction of the neck and the body of the pancreas and a childhood history of a resected adrenal neuroblastoma. A central pancreatectomy was performed in this patient. The pathology revealed a benign ganglioneuroma. Ganglioneuromas and their association with a neuroblastoma are briefly reviewed. The indications and contraindications for, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of, a central pancreatic resection are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Christein
authors.forename: Anthony W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Shriram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jakate
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Deziel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed