title: Ganglioneuroma mimicking ovarian tumor: a report of a case and review of the ganglioneuromas.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ganglioneuroma is the most common tumor of the sympathetic nervous system in the adults. It occurs most commonly in the mediastinum and retroperitoneum and are almost always benign tumors in nature.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here, we report a case of the retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma mimicking an ovarian tumor in a 20 years old female patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gültekin
authors.forename: Polat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.forename: Coskun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: Ozgür
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozyüncü
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saglam
authors.forename: Türkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Küçükali
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayhan
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler