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- Title
Ganglioneuroma presenting as an adrenal incidentaloma: Feasibility of adrenal-sparing surgery.
- Authors
Ranjan, Rohit; Mittal, Ankur; Ranjan, Satish Kumar; Panwar, Vikas; Talwar, Harkirat Singh
- Abstract
Adrenal ganglioneuromas (GNs) are very rare tumours that originate from neural crest cells. Most of the time, they are diagnosed incidentally as they are usually non-functional and remain asymptomatic. Nowadays, they are being detected more often due to better availability of imaging facilities such as computed tomography (CT)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Minimally invasive adrenalectomy (laparoscopic or robotic) remains the standard of care for such lesions. Hereby, we report a case of a 15-year-old young girl with right adrenal incidentaloma which was diagnosed on CT with the features suggestive of GN. She underwent robot-assisted excision of the mass with adrenal-sparing surgery. Histopathology revealed benign GN and no adjuvant treatment was required. As GN is not known for recurrence or metastasis, minimal invasive adrenal-sparing surgery should be a preferred modality of choice.
- Subjects
COMPUTED tomography; NEURAL crest; DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; ADRENAL tumors; SURGICAL robots
- Publication
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2021, Vol 17, Issue 3, p389
- ISSN
0972-9941
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/jmas.JMAS_147_20