Cervical Sympathetic chain ganglioneuroma : case report and review of literature
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
Ganglioneuroms are benign tumor of the autonomic nerve fibers, arising from neural crest and the reported incidence of ganglioneuroma is one per million population. They usually present in patients under 20 years of age with a slight female predominance .The most common localization is the posterior medistinum followed by the adrenal gland ,retroperitoneum (sympathetic ganglia) ,and head& neck.In the neck cervical sympathetic chain is the most frequent site of origin . Cervical Sympathetic chain ganglioneuromas are usually asymptomatic neck masses and complete surgical resection is the treatment of choice. Surgical excision via a cervical approach offers definitive therapy but may be associated with an iatrogenic Horner's syndrome for which the patients should be counseled prior to operative procedure . Being quite rare among other neurogenic tumors, A case of cervical Sympathetic chain ganglioneuroma is presented and the literature is reviewed.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Ashish Gopal , Dr. Sangeeta Singh 2 , Dr. Meenakshi Sridhar , Dr. Nita Khurana
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