title: [Ganglioneuroma with calcification mimicking adrenal tumor: a case report].
abstract: A 28-year-old woman was referred to our hospital complaining of upper abdominal discomfort. The patient had been receiving medical treatment for hypertension. Computed tomography revealed a 30 mm solid tumor with calcification in the left adrenal gland and a 8 mm nodule in the right adrenal gland. Endocrinological examinations revealed no activity of either adrenal mass. The left adrenal tumor was extirpated, because malignancy of the tumor was not ruled out. Histopathological examination proved that the tumor was ganglioneuroma arising from the extra-adrenal retroperitoneum.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Hirosaki University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Teppei
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Shigemasa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoneyama
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koie
authors.forename: Noritaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamimura
authors.forename: Chikara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oyama
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*