Dopamine-Secreting Giant Adrenal Ganglioneuroma: Clinical and Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings

Authors

  • A V Polat Department of 1. Radiology, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
  • K Aslan Department of 1. Radiology, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
  • H Atmaca Department of Endocrinology, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey
  • F Karagoz Department of Pathology, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.30

Keywords:

Ganglioneuroma – Magnetic resonance imaging – Diffusion-weighted imaging – Adrenal gland

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 × 23 × 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.

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Published

2014-03-01

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Vol. 97 No. 2 (2014)

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