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Ganglioneuroma mimicking ovarian tumor: a report of a case and review of the ganglioneuromas

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Introduction

Ganglioneuroma is the most common tumor of the sympathetic nervous system in the adults. It occurs most commonly in the mediastinum and retroperitoneum and are almost always benign tumors in nature.

Case report

Here, we report a case of the retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma mimicking an ovarian tumor in a 20 years old female patient.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Murat Gültekin, Polat Dursun, Coskun Salman, Özgür Özyüncü & Ali Ayhan

  2. Libya Cd. Kuyucak Sk. 36’Lar Apt. No:5 D:13, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey

    Polat Dursun

  3. Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Arzu Saglam

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Gültekin, M., Dursun, P., Salman, C. et al. Ganglioneuroma mimicking ovarian tumor: a report of a case and review of the ganglioneuromas. Arch Gynecol Obstet 271, 66–68 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-003-0575-9

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