Massive retroperiteoneal ganglioneuroma presenting with small bowel obstruction 18 years following initial diagnosis

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-66

  Cronin, E M P ^a   Coffey, J C ^a   Herlihy, D ^a   Romics, L ^a   Aftab, F ^a   Keohane, C ^a   Redmond, H P ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; TIME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22744446462     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03169133     Document Type: Article

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