Sacrococcygeal ganglioneuroma

Ganglioneuromas are benign slow-growing masses that can be treated with complete surgical extirpation without any adjuvant therapy. Such lesions involving the sacrococcygeal region are exceedingly rare. The authors present the case of a 70-year-old woman with a sacrococcygeal ganglioneuroma treated...

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Published inJournal of spinal disorders & techniques Vol. 15; no. 3; p. 265
Main Authors Marmor, Eric, Fourney, Daryl R, Rhines, Laurence D, Skibber, John M, Fuller, Gregory N, Gokaslan, Ziya L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2002
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Female
Ganglioneuroma - pathology
Ganglioneuroma - surgery
Humans
Nervous System Neoplasms - pathology
Nervous System Neoplasms - surgery
Sacrococcygeal Region - innervation
Sympathetic Nervous System - pathology
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Summary:Ganglioneuromas are benign slow-growing masses that can be treated with complete surgical extirpation without any adjuvant therapy. Such lesions involving the sacrococcygeal region are exceedingly rare. The authors present the case of a 70-year-old woman with a sacrococcygeal ganglioneuroma treated by total en bloc resection. This patient also had a previous coccygeal fracture. To the authors' knowledge, there are no other reports of ganglioneuroma in association with a history of trauma.
ISSN:1536-0652
DOI:10.1097/00024720-200206000-00018