title: [Imaging signs of ganglioneuroma of the mandible in a seven-year-old girl].
abstract: Ganglioneuromas are benign tumors that are rare in children. They are made up of mature ganglion cells, Schwann cells, and connective tissue. The most common sites involved are the posterior mediastinum, retroperitoneum, suprarenal gland, and neck. They rarely involve bone. We present the case of a seven-year-old girl diagnosed with an intraosseous ganglioneuroma in the mandible. She had been treated for a suprarenal neuroblastoma (stage M) five years earlier. Bone scintigraphy and computed tomography of the mandible showed a lesion in the right mandibular ramus. Many osseous lesions can affect the mandible in children and the radiological appearance of most of them is unspecific. We discuss the differential diagnosis and main imaging findings of osseous lesions involving the mandible in children.
authors: Sección de Radiología Pediátrica, Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España. inmaculadagallardo@yahoo.es
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authors: Gallardo Muñoz
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authors: LN
authors: Izquierdo Palomares
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authors: Vicente Rueda