Case Report: Mediastinal Ganglioneuroma Presented as Chronic Diarrhea in a Young Saudi Girl

• 作者: Amjad Khan Khaled I. Alqoaer Mohammed S. Alnoaiji Muflih Albalawi
• 来源期刊: 临床医学国际期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: GANGLIONEUROMA MEDIASTINUM Chronic DIARRHEA SECRETORY DIARRHEA
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（7）
• 页码范围: 420-424
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Ganglioneuromas (GN) are rare, benign neurogenic tumors that arise from sympathetic ganglia. They are often asymptomatic. However, in rare cases, they may secrete catecholamines, vasoactive intestinal polypeptides (VIP), or androgenic hormones and manifest with flushing, symptoms of catecholamine excess or chronic diarrhea. We report a young Saudi girl with chronic secretory diarrhea, severe hypokalemia and abdominal distension. After an extensive work up, a well-defined hypodense heterogeneous mediastinal mass was noted in radio imaging. A complete recovery was seen after surgical removal of that mediastinal mass which turned to be a ganglioneuroma.