title: Ganglioneuroma of the pancreas in a 4-year-old girl.
abstract: Ganglioneuroma (GN) is the uncommon, benign representative of the peripheral neuroblastic tumours (PNTs), which arise from primitive sympathetic ganglion cells. PNTs comprise one of the most common groups of neoplastic diseases in infants and children, but its occurrence in the pancreas is rare. We report a 4-year-old girl with GN of the pancreas requiring pancreaticoduodenectomy as a definitive therapy and with a great outcome, and we review the published literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Naruhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikoma
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Santamaria-Barria
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wray
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: KuoJen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsao
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy