| Ganglioneuroma
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Etiology
• Unknown.
• May represent complete maturation of neuroblastoma or ganglioneuroblastoma.
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Pathogenesis
• Proliferation of Schwann cells and ganglion cells,
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Epidemiology
• Rare.
• Asymptomatic
• Occasionally associated with hypertension or diarrhea with hypokalemia
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General Gross Description
• Well circumscribed tan soft neoplasm.
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• Mixture of ganglion cells and Schwann cells.
•Examples:
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Clinical Correlation
• Cured by surgical extirpation.
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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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