An unusual case of fatty posterior mediastinal ganglioneuroma

Ganglioneuromas, which arise from neural crest cells, are typically seen in adolescent and young adults. We describe an unusual case of posterior mediastinal ganglioneuroma with a large fatty component in a middle-aged male. This imaging feature has only been reported in five published manuscripts i...

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Autores principales: Abdelazim, Abdelrahman M., Patel, Smita A, Haji-Momenian, Shawn, Almira-Suarez, MI, Taheri, M Reza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6159259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30363300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20150482
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Sumario:Ganglioneuromas, which arise from neural crest cells, are typically seen in adolescent and young adults. We describe an unusual case of posterior mediastinal ganglioneuroma with a large fatty component in a middle-aged male. This imaging feature has only been reported in five published manuscripts in the English literature.

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