DOPAMINE-SECRETING GIANT ADRENAL GANGLIONEUROMA: CLINICAL AND DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FINDINGS

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Polat A. V., Polat A., Aslan K., Atmaca H., Karagoz F.

JBR-BTR, no.2, pp.109-112, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.5334/jbr-btr.30
  • Journal Name: JBR-BTR
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Page Numbers: pp.109-112
  • Keywords: Ganglioneuroma, Magnetic resonance imaging, Diffusion-weighted imaging, Adrenal gland, FEATURES, PARAGANGLIOMAS, MRI
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We report a case of a dopamine-secreting giant primary adrenal ganglioneuroma (GN) in a 29-year-old male patient. Although the patient was clinically silent, the 24-hour urine levels of dopamine, normetanephrine, homovanillic acid and vanillyl mandelic acid were elevated. Abdominal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a large solid tumor with calcifications and a slightly lobular edge on the left adrenal gland. A tumor, 13 x 23 x 25 cm in size, was completely resected without morbidity. A 2-year follow-up with computed tomography showed that the postoperative course of the patient was uneventful.