Adult onset of ganglioneuroblastoma of the adrenal gland: case report and review of the literature

Ganglioneuroblastoma (GBN) is a malignant neoplasm of the autonomic nervous system. Adult onset of ganglioneuroblastoma is extremely rare. Only 16 cases have been reported in English literature, to date. Surgery represents the first-line therapy for the treatment of ganglioneuroblastoma. Radiation t...

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Autores principales: Bolzacchini, Elena, Martinelli, Barbara, Pinotti, Graziella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4567593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26380803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-015-0062-0
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Martinelli, Barbara
Pinotti, Graziella
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description Ganglioneuroblastoma (GBN) is a malignant neoplasm of the autonomic nervous system. Adult onset of ganglioneuroblastoma is extremely rare. Only 16 cases have been reported in English literature, to date. Surgery represents the first-line therapy for the treatment of ganglioneuroblastoma. Radiation therapy is indicated in patients with localized unresectable disease. Chemotherapy is reserved for metastatic disease. We present the case of a 63-year-old man affected by ganglioneuroblastoma of the adrenal gland. The diagnosis was made incidentally. The tumor, measuring 5 × 3 cm, was successfully surgically removed.
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spelling pubmed-45675932015-09-15 Adult onset of ganglioneuroblastoma of the adrenal gland: case report and review of the literature Bolzacchini, Elena Martinelli, Barbara Pinotti, Graziella Surg Case Rep Case Report Ganglioneuroblastoma (GBN) is a malignant neoplasm of the autonomic nervous system. Adult onset of ganglioneuroblastoma is extremely rare. Only 16 cases have been reported in English literature, to date. Surgery represents the first-line therapy for the treatment of ganglioneuroblastoma. Radiation therapy is indicated in patients with localized unresectable disease. Chemotherapy is reserved for metastatic disease. We present the case of a 63-year-old man affected by ganglioneuroblastoma of the adrenal gland. The diagnosis was made incidentally. The tumor, measuring 5 × 3 cm, was successfully surgically removed. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4567593/ /pubmed/26380803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-015-0062-0 Text en © Bolzacchini et al. 2015 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.
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Adult onset of ganglioneuroblastoma of the adrenal gland: case report and review of the literature
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title_short Adult onset of ganglioneuroblastoma of the adrenal gland: case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4567593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26380803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-015-0062-0
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