Open AccessMetastatic ganglioneuroma: A misnomer
Author(s) -
Shatavisha Dasgupta,
Ram Das,
Prafulla Kumar Mishra,
Uttara Chatterjee,
Chhanda Datta
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.138753
Subject(s) - ganglioneuroma , ganglioneuroblastoma , neuroblastoma , misnomer , medicine , neural crest , biology , embryo , paleontology , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , cell culture
Neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma and ganglioneuroma atumors arising from the neural crest cells. Ganglioneuroma is considered as the most mature amongst the three and usually has no metastatic potential. Spontaneous maturation of neuroblastoma into ganglioneuroma is, however, quite well-known. Here, we present a case of an 8-year-old girl child with evidence of metastasis of ganglioneuroma into a lymph node.