title: Sporadic synchronous ganglioneuromas in a child--case report and review.
abstract: An 8-year-old girl presented with a relatively asymptomatic abdominopelvic mass that was detected in the neonatal period. She harbored a presacral mass with intraspinal extension and a right posterior mediastinal mass; all were excised completely and were ganglioneuromas. The report discusses the maturation of neuroblastoma-ganglioneuromas and details the staged management of sporadic synchronous ganglioneuromas in a child, probably the first in published English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, St. John's Medical College Hospital, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Johnnagara, Bangalore 560034, India.
authors.forename: Subramanya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kattepura
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kini
authors.forename: Kanishka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018305:Ganglioneuroblastoma / Q000473:pathology; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010507:Periodicity; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region