title: Images in surgery: retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma.
abstract: Ganglioneuroma is a differentiated tumor of the sympathetic nervous system. We describe a case of retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma without vascular invasion that was resected using laparotomy access. We also provide a short review of the ganglioneuroma as a clinical entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Danbury Hospital, 24 Hospital Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810, USA.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cocieru
authors.forename: Pierre F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Saldinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*