Imaging features of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report

BACKGROUND: Adrenal ganglioneuroma is a rare tumor constituting 20–30% of all ganglioneuromas. It is a benign tumor and can present diagnostic problems when confused with other adrenal solid tumors. CASE PRESENTATION: We herein report a case of adrenal ganglioneuroma in a 28-year-old Arabic patient...

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Autores principales: Majbar, Anass Mohammed, Elmouhadi, Sanae, Elaloui, Mouna, Raiss, Mohamed, Sabbah, Farid, Hrora, Abdelmalek, Ahallat, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25380617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-791
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author Majbar, Anass Mohammed
Elmouhadi, Sanae
Elaloui, Mouna
Raiss, Mohamed
Sabbah, Farid
Hrora, Abdelmalek
Ahallat, Mohamed
author_facet Majbar, Anass Mohammed
Elmouhadi, Sanae
Elaloui, Mouna
Raiss, Mohamed
Sabbah, Farid
Hrora, Abdelmalek
Ahallat, Mohamed
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description BACKGROUND: Adrenal ganglioneuroma is a rare tumor constituting 20–30% of all ganglioneuromas. It is a benign tumor and can present diagnostic problems when confused with other adrenal solid tumors. CASE PRESENTATION: We herein report a case of adrenal ganglioneuroma in a 28-year-old Arabic patient and emphasize the diagnostic role of cross-sectional imaging modalities (computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging). CONCLUSION: Imaging of adrenal ganglioneuromas is diagnostically challenging. Differentiation between adrenal ganglioneuroma and other solid adrenal tumors can be difficult. However, some suggestive features on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are helpful in achieving a correct diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-42892522015-01-11 Imaging features of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report Majbar, Anass Mohammed Elmouhadi, Sanae Elaloui, Mouna Raiss, Mohamed Sabbah, Farid Hrora, Abdelmalek Ahallat, Mohamed BMC Res Notes Case Report BACKGROUND: Adrenal ganglioneuroma is a rare tumor constituting 20–30% of all ganglioneuromas. It is a benign tumor and can present diagnostic problems when confused with other adrenal solid tumors. CASE PRESENTATION: We herein report a case of adrenal ganglioneuroma in a 28-year-old Arabic patient and emphasize the diagnostic role of cross-sectional imaging modalities (computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging). CONCLUSION: Imaging of adrenal ganglioneuromas is diagnostically challenging. Differentiation between adrenal ganglioneuroma and other solid adrenal tumors can be difficult. However, some suggestive features on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are helpful in achieving a correct diagnosis. BioMed Central 2014-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4289252/ /pubmed/25380617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-791 Text en © Majbar et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Ahallat, Mohamed
Imaging features of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report
title Imaging features of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report
title_full Imaging features of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report
title_fullStr Imaging features of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report
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title_short Imaging features of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report
title_sort imaging features of adrenal ganglioneuroma: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289252/
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