Ganglioneuroma mimicking ovarian tumor: a report of a case and review of the ganglioneuromas

Murat Gültekin; Polat Dursun; Coskun Salman; Ozgür Ozyüncü; Arzu Saglam; Türkan Küçükali; Ali Ayhan

doi:10.1007/s00404-003-0575-9

Ganglioneuroma mimicking ovarian tumor: a report of a case and review of the ganglioneuromas

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2005 Jan;271(1):66-8. doi: 10.1007/s00404-003-0575-9. Epub 2004 Jan 10.

Authors

Murat Gültekin¹, Polat Dursun, Coskun Salman, Ozgür Ozyüncü, Arzu Saglam, Türkan Küçükali, Ali Ayhan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 14716493
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0575-9

Abstract

Introduction: Ganglioneuroma is the most common tumor of the sympathetic nervous system in the adults. It occurs most commonly in the mediastinum and retroperitoneum and are almost always benign tumors in nature.

Case report: Here, we report a case of the retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma mimicking an ovarian tumor in a 20 years old female patient.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adnexa Uteri / diagnostic imaging
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Ganglioneuroma / diagnosis*
Ganglioneuroma / diagnostic imaging
Ganglioneuroma / pathology
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / pathology
Ultrasonography, Doppler