Open AccessAdrenal ganglioneuroma: What you need to know
Author(s) -
Konstantinos S. Mylonas,
Dimitrios Schizas,
Konstantinos P. Economopoulos
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i10.373
Subject(s) - medicine , ganglioneuroma , adrenalectomy , differential diagnosis , gold standard (test) , neural crest , radiology , histopathological examination , neuroblastoma , surgery , pathology , embryo , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , cell culture
Adrenal ganglioneuromas (GNs) constitute rare, differentiated tumors which originate from neural crest cells. GNs are usually hormonally silent and tend to be discovered incidentally on imaging tests. Adrenalectomy is the gold standard for the treatment of primary adrenal GNs. Nevertheless, preoperative differential diagnosis of GNs remains extremely challenging, and thus histopathological examination is required in order to confirm the diagnosis of GN. Overall, prognosis after surgical resection seems to be excellent, without any recurrences or need for adjuvant therapy.