title: Ganglioneuroma of small bowel mesentery presenting as acute abdomen.
abstract: Ganglioneuroma is a rare benign tumor, usually seen in children and young adults, arising in the central nervous system. Ganglioneuroma of the mesentery is extremely rare; only one case has been recorded. We report the second case of a primary mesentery ganglioneuroma. The patient underwent surgical intervention for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. akshay_pratap2000@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Akshay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pratap
authors.forename: Awadhesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Sagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Rohit Prasad
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Birendra Prasad
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Sah
authors.forename: Tamanna
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bajracharya
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghimere
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed