Giant pediatric intrathoracic ganglioneuroma: a case report and review of the literature

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Konuk Balcı B. M., Kocaman G., Sakallı M. A., Yenigün B. M., Gürsoy Çoruh A., Kırmızı B. A., ...Daha Fazla

Current Thoracic Surgery, cilt.7, sa.2, ss.92-96, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Vaka Takdimi
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.26663/cts.2022.015
  • Dergi Adı: Current Thoracic Surgery
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.92-96
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Ganglioneuroma is an extremely rare (incidence 1/1,000,000) well-differentiated neurogenic tumor that mostly originates from neural crest cells. The average age of diagnosis is 7 years old and it is mostly located in the posterior mediastinum (37.5%). Here we present a 10-year-old girl with a giant thoracic ganglioneuroma. The tumor was resected via posterolateral thoracotomy. With our case report included, there are 10 cases of surgically treated pediatric giant intrathoracic ganglioneuroma.