| Ganglioneuroma of posterior mediastinum in a 6-year-old girl: imaging for pediatric intrathoracic incidentaloma. | |
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PMID: 20837347 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Intrathoracic tumor is a rare entity in the pediatric population and neurogenic tumors account for 40-50% of childhood intrathoracic tumors. They can cause severe symptoms, such as respiratory distress, neurological dysfunction and metabolic disturbances. Posterior mediastinal ganglioneuroma (GN) usually occurs in children and can be found accidentally. Precise preoperative diagnosis is very difficult and has a great influence on surgical intervention. Here, we report a 6-year-old girl with a posterior mediastinal GN that was found incidentally on chest radiography. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a right paraspinal tumor with punctuate calcification and intraspinal extension. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography revealed low-grade fluorodeoxyglucose avidity of this tumor. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging can characterize GN and positron emission tomography is helpful for differentiating benign or malignant lesions. |
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Pei-Chin Lin; Shih-Hsiung Lin; Shah-Hwa Chou; Yu-Wen Chen; Tai-Tsung Chang; Jiunn-Ren Wu; Twei-Shun Jaw; Zen-Kong Dai; Mei-Chyn Chao |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences Volume: 26 ISSN: 1607-551X ISO Abbreviation: Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci. Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-09-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100960562 Medline TA: Kaohsiung J Med Sci Country: China (Republic : 1949- ) |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 496-501 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. |
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