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Left adrenal ganglioneuroma: Report of a new case
Walter Sebastián Nardi1, Sergio Damián Quildrian2
1Department of General Surgery, British Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Perdriel 74, CABA, 1280AEB, Argentina.
Introduction:
Adrenal ganglioneuroma (AGN) represents about 20% of the reported cases.
Presentation Of Case:
We present a 37-year-old man referred to our institution for a history of abdominal discomfort and a left adrenal solid mass incidentally discovered in CT abdominal scan (24 × 20 mm). Patient underwent laparoscopic surgical excision of the tumor.
Conclusion:
The histopathology examination showed areas of spindle cells and scattered mature ganglionic cells compatible with AGN.
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