title: [Adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report].
abstract: A patient with an incidentally diagnosed adrenal ganglioneuroma is reported. A 37-year-old man who underwent abdominal computed tomography (CT) in the course of evaluating liver dysfunction was found to have a right adrenal tumor. Laboratory data including results of endocrinologic tests were normal except for a slight elevation of plasma aldosterone. With a preoperative diagnosis of non-functioning right adrenal tumor, resection was performed. The tumor specimen was noncystic weighing 150 g and measuring 10 x 8 x 3 cm. The histopathologic diagnosis was ganglioneuroma originating from the adrenal gland. Adrenal ganglioneuroma is relatively rare, 147 cases including ours have been reported in Japan. Increasing numbers of these tumors are being found incidentally by ultrasonography or CT. Ganglioneuroma is a benign tumor, and disagreement exists concerning diagnosis and indications for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Jyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: Naotsugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ichimaru
authors.forename: Natsuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takaha
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nonomura
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aozasa
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed