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Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Incidentally discovered adrenal masses are very common given the increased number of imaging studies performed in recent years. We here report a clinical case of a 20-year-old woman who presented with left flank pain. Ultrasound examination revealed a contralateral adrenal mass, which was confirmed...

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Autores principales: Benedini, Stefano, Grassi, Giorgia, Aresta, Carmen, Tufano, Antonietta, Carmignani, Luca Fabio, Rubino, Barbara, Luzi, Livio, Corbetta, Sabrina
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28713603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5796236
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author Benedini, Stefano
Grassi, Giorgia
Aresta, Carmen
Tufano, Antonietta
Carmignani, Luca Fabio
Rubino, Barbara
Luzi, Livio
Corbetta, Sabrina
author_facet Benedini, Stefano
Grassi, Giorgia
Aresta, Carmen
Tufano, Antonietta
Carmignani, Luca Fabio
Rubino, Barbara
Luzi, Livio
Corbetta, Sabrina
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description Incidentally discovered adrenal masses are very common given the increased number of imaging studies performed in recent years. We here report a clinical case of a 20-year-old woman who presented with left flank pain. Ultrasound examination revealed a contralateral adrenal mass, which was confirmed at computed tomography (CT) scan. Hormonal hypersecretion was excluded. Given the size (11 × 10 × 7 cm) and the uncertain nature of the mass, it was surgically removed and sent for pathological analyses. Conclusive diagnosis was ganglioneuroblastoma. Ganglioneuroblastoma is an uncommon malignant tumor, extremely rare in adults, particularly in females. This neoplasm is frequently localized in adrenal gland.
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spelling pubmed-54976522017-07-16 Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Benedini, Stefano Grassi, Giorgia Aresta, Carmen Tufano, Antonietta Carmignani, Luca Fabio Rubino, Barbara Luzi, Livio Corbetta, Sabrina Case Rep Endocrinol Case Report Incidentally discovered adrenal masses are very common given the increased number of imaging studies performed in recent years. We here report a clinical case of a 20-year-old woman who presented with left flank pain. Ultrasound examination revealed a contralateral adrenal mass, which was confirmed at computed tomography (CT) scan. Hormonal hypersecretion was excluded. Given the size (11 × 10 × 7 cm) and the uncertain nature of the mass, it was surgically removed and sent for pathological analyses. Conclusive diagnosis was ganglioneuroblastoma. Ganglioneuroblastoma is an uncommon malignant tumor, extremely rare in adults, particularly in females. This neoplasm is frequently localized in adrenal gland. Hindawi 2017 2017-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5497652/ /pubmed/28713603 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5796236 Text en Copyright © 2017 Stefano Benedini 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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Benedini, Stefano
Grassi, Giorgia
Aresta, Carmen
Tufano, Antonietta
Carmignani, Luca Fabio
Rubino, Barbara
Luzi, Livio
Corbetta, Sabrina
Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_short Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort adrenal ganglioneuroblastoma in adults: a case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28713603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5796236
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