Weekly Case

Title : Case 622

Age / Sex : 41 / M


Chief complaint :


Right arm pain and right hand numbness

What is your diagnosis?

Two weeks later, you can see the final diagonosis with a brief discussion of this case (Please submit only one answer).

Courtesy : 
Hee Seok Jeong, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital



Discussion


Answer:


 Ganglioneuroma  


 


Findings:


CT:


About 2.5cm sized, ill-defined, subtle high density lesion(compared with spinal cord) at Rt. formen of


C5/6 with spinal cord compression


 


MR:


About 2.5cm sized, dumbbell shaped, high SI lesion on T2W1 and low SI on T1WI with subtle rim


enhancement at intradural extramedullary and extradural space of Rt. side of C4/5  


- with spinal cord compression


   


Differential Diagnosis:


schwannoma, neurofibroma, meningioma


(lymphomas, soft-tissue sarcomas, Ewing’s sarcoma, chondrosarcomas, and bone metastases à


involve, invade and erode bones)


 


Diagnosis:  


Ganglioneuroma


 


Discussion:


- Rare benign tumours


- Ganglia of the sympathetic system


- Most common location


   ð retroperitoneum and posterior mediastinum


- Cervical nerve root within the intervertebral foramen


   ð extremely uncommon


- Ganglioneuroma dumbbell tumor


   ð 0.8 to 3.5%


- Associations demonstrated with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1)


- occur more frequently in children or young adults


   ð recent study (mean age) ☞ around 40 to 50 years old


- Prognosis


   ð generally favorable


    ☞ but, local recurrence, regional lymph node metastasis


    ☞ transformation into malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors


- CT


   ð Low internal attenuation relative to skeletal muscle


     (abundant myxoid matrix), 20% may show calcification


- MRI


   ð Homogeneous intermediate signal intensity on all sequences


   ð occasional whorled appearance of low signal intensity on T1 and T2


 


References:



  1. Son DW, Song GS, Kim YH, Lee SW. Ventrally located cervical dumbbell ganglioneuroma producing spinal cord compression. Korean J Spine. 2013 Dec;10(4):246-248

  2. Pavlus JD, Carter BW, Tolley MD et al. Imaging of thoracic neurogenic tumors. AJR Am Roentgenol 2016;207:552–561

  3. Huang Y, Liu L, Li Q, Zhang S. Giant Ganglioneuroma of Thoracic Spine: A Case Report and Review of Literature. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2017 May;60(3):371-374

  4. Badri M, Gader G, Bahri K, Zammel I. Cervical ganglioneuroma: clinical and radiological features of a rare tumour. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jan 10;2018. pii: bcr-2017-223412



Correct Answer
Total applicants 22 Correct answers 1
Name Institution
김기욱 국군대전병원, 전문의
Semi-Correct Answer
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  • 관리자 ( 2019-05-27 09:16:36 )
    benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor는 semicorrect answer로 하였습니다.

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