A 80-year-old man with intestinal ganglioneuroma: A rare case
Surgical Pathology Department, Santo Spirito Hospital, CasaleMonferrato, VialeGiolitti 2, Italy.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020, 10(01), 126-129.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2020.10.1.0005
Publication history:
Received on 08 January 2020; revised on 13 January 2020; accepted on 16 January 2020
Abstract:
Ganglioneuroma (GN) is a rare benign neurogenic tumor, usually asymptomatic, which arises along the sympathetic ganglion chains. It accounts for more than 0.1%-0.5% of all tumors of the nervous system. Ganglioneuromas most frequently occurs the abdomen, however these tumors can grow anywhere sympathetic nervous tissue is found. Other common locations include the adrenal gland, paraspinal retroperitoneum, posterior mediastinum, head and neck. However, examples arising in the gastrointestinal tract are extremely uncommon. The main therapy for this lesion is the complete surgical excision. In this article we report a case of 80-year-old man with ganglioneuroma localized in a polypoid lesion of the sigmoid bowel.
Keywords:
Ganglioneuroma (GN); Rare tumor; Sympathetic nervous system; Sigmoid bowel
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