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Ganglioneuroma
Etiology

Unknown.
May represent complete maturation of neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma.
Pathogenesis

Proliferation of Schwann cells and ganglion cells,
Epidemiology

Rare.
Asymptomatic
Occasionally associated with hypertension or diarrhea with hypokalemia
General Gross Description

Well circumscribed tan soft neoplasm.
•Examples:
Ganglioneuroma (Cut Surface)
General Microscopic Description

Mixture of ganglion cells and Schwann cells.
•Examples:
References

Sternberg SS (ed): Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, second edition. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven, 1996, pp. 590.

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Ganglioneuroma
Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T93000M94900)[445]
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