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Solitary Colonic Ganglioneuroma: A Rare Incidental Finding of Hematochezia

Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are hamartomatous tumors derived from the autonomic nervous system. It is rare to encounter GN in the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with these tumors usually present with abdominal pain, constipation, ileus, weight loss, or even bleeding. GNs are categorized into three diffe...

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Autores principales: Abraham, George, Prakash, Sateesh R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26075113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/794985
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description Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are hamartomatous tumors derived from the autonomic nervous system. It is rare to encounter GN in the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with these tumors usually present with abdominal pain, constipation, ileus, weight loss, or even bleeding. GNs are categorized into three different morphological subtypes, namely, polypoid GN, ganglioneuromatous polyposis, and diffuse ganglioneuromatosis. We present a case of hematochezia from GN in a colon polyp discovered on diagnostic colonoscopy. Due to a lack of guidelines, we reviewed the literature to discuss treatment and other associated conditions for GN.
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spelling pubmed-44464602015-06-14 Solitary Colonic Ganglioneuroma: A Rare Incidental Finding of Hematochezia Abraham, George Prakash, Sateesh R. Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Ganglioneuromas (GNs) are hamartomatous tumors derived from the autonomic nervous system. It is rare to encounter GN in the gastrointestinal tract. Patients with these tumors usually present with abdominal pain, constipation, ileus, weight loss, or even bleeding. GNs are categorized into three different morphological subtypes, namely, polypoid GN, ganglioneuromatous polyposis, and diffuse ganglioneuromatosis. We present a case of hematochezia from GN in a colon polyp discovered on diagnostic colonoscopy. Due to a lack of guidelines, we reviewed the literature to discuss treatment and other associated conditions for GN. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4446460/ /pubmed/26075113 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/794985 Text en Copyright © 2015 G. Abraham and S. R. Prakash. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_sort solitary colonic ganglioneuroma: a rare incidental finding of hematochezia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446460/
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