A Rare Tumor in the Cervical Sympathetic Trunk: Ganglioneuroblastoma

Ganglioneuroblastoma is a rare tumor with moderate malignancy, which is composed of mature ganglion cells and seen in sympathetic ganglia and adrenal medulla. The diagnosis is possible after cytological and immunohistochemical studies following a needle biopsy or surgical excision. There is no conse...

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Autores principales: Erol, Ozan, Koycu, Alper, Aydin, Erdinc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5124665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27965907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1454932
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description Ganglioneuroblastoma is a rare tumor with moderate malignancy, which is composed of mature ganglion cells and seen in sympathetic ganglia and adrenal medulla. The diagnosis is possible after cytological and immunohistochemical studies following a needle biopsy or surgical excision. There is no consensus regarding the need for chemo- or radiotherapy after surgery. In this case report, clinical behavior and diagnosis and treatment of the rare tumor cervical ganglioneuroblastoma were discussed.
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spelling pubmed-51246652016-12-13 A Rare Tumor in the Cervical Sympathetic Trunk: Ganglioneuroblastoma Erol, Ozan Koycu, Alper Aydin, Erdinc Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Ganglioneuroblastoma is a rare tumor with moderate malignancy, which is composed of mature ganglion cells and seen in sympathetic ganglia and adrenal medulla. The diagnosis is possible after cytological and immunohistochemical studies following a needle biopsy or surgical excision. There is no consensus regarding the need for chemo- or radiotherapy after surgery. In this case report, clinical behavior and diagnosis and treatment of the rare tumor cervical ganglioneuroblastoma were discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5124665/ /pubmed/27965907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1454932 Text en Copyright © 2016 Ozan Erol et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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A Rare Tumor in the Cervical Sympathetic Trunk: Ganglioneuroblastoma
title A Rare Tumor in the Cervical Sympathetic Trunk: Ganglioneuroblastoma
title_full A Rare Tumor in the Cervical Sympathetic Trunk: Ganglioneuroblastoma
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title_short A Rare Tumor in the Cervical Sympathetic Trunk: Ganglioneuroblastoma
title_sort rare tumor in the cervical sympathetic trunk: ganglioneuroblastoma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5124665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27965907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1454932
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