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Ganglioneuroma with an Uncommon Location in a Six‐year‐old Girl
Author(s) -
LJUNG R.,
HELIN I.,
STROMBLAD L.G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb17760.x
Subject(s) - ganglioneuroma , medicine , girl , neural crest , gait disturbance , pediatrics , surgery , neuroblastoma , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , embryo , developmental psychology , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , cell culture
. A 6‐year‐old girl with a neurogenic bladder disease is described. Additional gait disturbances and mild but progressive foot deformities led to the diagnosis and surgical treatment of a ganglioneuroma located exclusively intraspinally. It is suggested that the tumor originated from remnant neural crest cells, probably early in life or even prenatally