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Ganglioneuroma presenting with differentiated skeletal metastases. Report of a case
Author(s) -
Garvin James H.,
Lack Ernest E.,
Berenberg William,
Frantz Christopher N.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19840715)54:2<357::aid-cncr2820540230>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - medicine , ganglioneuroma , primary tumor , metastasis , neuroblastoma , surgery , cancer , biology , cell culture , genetics
The authors report the case of a child with retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma and cytodifferentiated skeletal metastases. The primary tumor was surgically resected, and the child is alive and well 2 years later without additional therapy. This rarely documented phenomenon can be explained by spontaneous cytomaturation within both primary and metastatic tumor.