An interesting cause of chronic abdominal pain in a child

Jagadeesh Menon; Aditi Kumar; Kim Vaiphei; Sadhna Lal

doi:10.1177/0049475519876422

An interesting cause of chronic abdominal pain in a child

Trop Doct. 2020 Jan;50(1):63-64. doi: 10.1177/0049475519876422. Epub 2019 Sep 17.

Authors

Jagadeesh Menon¹, Aditi Kumar¹, Kim Vaiphei², Sadhna Lal³

Affiliations

¹ Senior Resident, Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
² Professor, Department of Histopathology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
³ Professor and Head, Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.

PMID: 31530107
DOI: 10.1177/0049475519876422

Abstract

We encountered an eight-year-old boy who was subsequently diagnosed with a retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma. In view of the rarity of this tumour and its presentation, we are prompted to report this case.

Keywords: Asia; Digestive; surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
Abdominal Pain / etiology*
Abdominal Pain / pathology
Abdominal Pain / surgery
Child
Ganglioneuroma / complications*
Ganglioneuroma / diagnosis
Ganglioneuroma / pathology
Ganglioneuroma / surgery
Humans
Male
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / complications*
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / pathology
Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / surgery
Treatment Outcome