[Imaging of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report]

C Dubois; A Jankowski; C Gay-Jeune; O Chabre; D Pasquier; G Ferretti

doi:10.1016/s0221-0363(05)81424-6

[Imaging of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report]

J Radiol. 2005 Jun;86(6 Pt 1):659-62. doi: 10.1016/s0221-0363(05)81424-6.

[Article in French]

Authors

C Dubois¹, A Jankowski, C Gay-Jeune, O Chabre, D Pasquier, G Ferretti

Affiliation

¹ Service Central de Radiologie et d'Imagerie Médicale, CHU de Grenoble.

PMID: 16142032
DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(05)81424-6

Abstract

The authors report a case of adrenal ganglioneuroma diagnosed in a young woman with melanoma. This benign hormone silent tumor arises from neural crest tissue. The imaging features at US, CT and MRI are described. Diagnosis was confirmed at CT guided biopsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Adult
Biopsy
Diagnostic Imaging*
Female
Ganglioneuroma / diagnosis*
Ganglioneuroma / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Melanoma / pathology
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
Radiography, Interventional
Skin Neoplasms / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography