Posterior mediastinal ganglioneuroblastoma in an adolescent: A case report and review. Issue 2 (14th December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sekiguchi, Nodoka; Noguchi, Takuro; Fukushima, Toshirou; Kobayashi, Takashi; Ozawa, Takesumi; Sato, Yoshinori; Takeda, Tetsu; Yoshida, Kazuo; Koizumi, Tomonobu
• Is Part Of: Thoracic cancer. Volume 11:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 451
• Page End: 455
• Publication Date: 2019-12-14
• Subjects: Bone metastasis -- mediastinal tumor -- neuroblastoma -- posterior mediastinum; Chest -- Cancer -- Periodicals; Chest -- Cancer -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Chest -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 616.99494005
• DOI: 10.1111/1759-7714.13277
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1759-7706

Abstract

Abstract : Ganglioneuroblastoma is an uncommon malignant tumor of the sympathetic nervous system, which is considered a disease of children with the majority of cases in patients less than four years old and it rarely occurs in adults. We encountered a very unusual case of a posterior mediastinal ganglioneuroblastoma that developed in a 17‐year‐old male adolescent who underwent successful excision of the mediastinal mass and remained stable postoperatively. However, he developed lumbago one year after the surgery. Radiographic findings revealed osteolytic lesions in the lumbar vertebra and histological analysis confirmed bone metastasis of ganglioneuroblastoma. Here, we report the clinical course and present a review of the literature regarding adolescent and adult onset mediastinal ganglioneuroblastoma.