Presacral ganglioneuroma: A case report and review of literature

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2129-2131

  Cerullo, Guido ^a   Marrelli, Daniele ^a   Rampone, Bernardino ^a,b   Caruso, Stefano ^a   Marianna, Di Martino ^a   Roviello, Franco ^a   Miracco, Clelia ^a   Mazzei, Maria Antonietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ganglioneuroma; Neuroblastoma; Presacral tumor

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CA 72-4 ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GANGLIONEUROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PELVIS TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 34249110916     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i14.2129     Document Type: Article

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