Cervical Ganglio-neuroma, a Rare Neck Mass in Pediatric Age: A Case Report

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Dec;76(6):5956-5958. doi: 10.1007/s12070-024-05013-y. Epub 2024 Sep 16.

Abstract

Ganglioneuromas (GN) are benign, slow-growing, non-invasive, and well differentiated neoplasms of neuroblastic origin. We reported a 4 year old girl who presented with a left lateral slow growing cervical neck mass. After surgical excision the tumour was sent for histopathological examination which confirmed ganglioneuroma. Ganglioneuromas should be accounted as the differential diagnosis of pediatric soft tissue tumours of the neck.

Keywords: Benign cervical masses; Ganglioneuroma; Neuroblastoma; Transcervical approach.