CASE REPORT
Year : 2011 | Volume
: 3 | Issue : 7 | Page : 336--338
Ganglioneuroma of the adrenal gland and retroperitoneum: A case report
Iswanto Sucandy1, Yasir M Akmal2, David G Sheldon3
1 Department of Surgery, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, PA., USA
2 Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
3 Department of Surgery, Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Kalispell, MT, USA
Correspondence Address:
Iswanto Sucandy
Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Abington Memorial Hospital 1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA. 19001
USA
Context: Ganglioneuromas are benign tumors of the sympathetic nervous system that rarely arise in the adrenal gland. Majority of cases are detected incidentally since they are usually asymptomatic. Up to the current era of laparoscopic adrenal mass excision, this unusual entity has not been adequately reported in the surgical literature. Case Report: A 51 year old male with history of hypertension was found to have abdominal bruit during a regular physical examination. A 4 cm right adrenal mass with upper pole calcification and a 6 cm retro-pancreatic mass were subsequently found on a computed tomography scan. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided needle biopsy was indeterminate. Preoperative endocrine evaluation showed mildly elevated vanillyl mandelic acid with normal 24-hour cathecolamine, metanephrine and cortisol levels. Histopathologic examination after an uneventful laparoscopic excision was consistent with ganglioneuroma. Conclusions: Ganglioneuroma occurs rarely in adrenal gland and preoperative diagnosis is difficult since symptoms are usually nonspecific. Due to widespread utilization of abdominal imaging, however, it should be included in differential diagnosis of adrenal or retroperitoneal mass. Histopathologic examination is currently the mainstay of diagnosis.
How to cite this article:
Sucandy I, Akmal YM, Sheldon DG. Ganglioneuroma of the adrenal gland and retroperitoneum: A case report.North Am J Med Sci 2011;3:336-338
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Sucandy I, Akmal YM, Sheldon DG. Ganglioneuroma of the adrenal gland and retroperitoneum: A case report. North Am J Med Sci [serial online] 2011 [cited 2023 Mar 21 ];3:336-338
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