A Case Report of Giant Adrenal Ganglioneuroma

Peijie Chen; Canbin Lin; Lu Jin; Yu Ding; Jian Peng; Zebo Chen; Shangqi Yang; Xiangming Mao; Yongqing Lai

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2017.03.024

A Case Report of Giant Adrenal Ganglioneuroma

Urol Case Rep. 2017 Apr 19:13:37-38. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2017.03.024. eCollection 2017 Jul.

Authors

Peijie Chen^{1

2

3}, Canbin Lin^{1

2

3}, Lu Jin^{2

3}, Yu Ding², Jian Peng², Zebo Chen², Shangqi Yang², Xiangming Mao², Yongqing Lai²

Affiliations

¹ Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, 515041, PR China.
² Department of Urology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518036, PR China.
³ The Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Male Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Institute of Urology of Shenzhen PKU-HKUST Medical Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518036, PR China.

Abstract

Adrenal ganglioneuroma (AGN) is an extremely rare and benign entity comprising Schwann cells and ganglion cells. If the lesion approaches to 6 cm, laparoscopic resection is considered as relative contraindication. Now we present a giant adrenal AGN in a 25-year-old male patient. After abdominal computed tomography (CT) scanning, the patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy with right adrenalectomy and histopathological examination further confirmed the lesions as giant AGN, which measured 7 cm × 5 cm × 3.5 cm. Because giant AGN with lesion size greater than 6 cm should be treated by open surgery, it is significant to report the laparoscopic adrenalectomy in patients with large adrenal lesions.

Keywords: Adrenal tumor; Ganglioneuroma; Laparoscopic adrenalectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports