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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2024

Appendiceal ganglioneuroma incidentally found during resection of recurrent rectal cancer: case report and review of the literature.

Mauricio E Perez Pachon, Rachel Horton, Kristen K Rumer

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mauricio E Perez PachonDepartment of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6350-5899
Rachel HortonDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States.
Kristen K RumerDepartment of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, United States.
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ganglioneuromas (GN) are benign neuroblastic tumors that arise from neural crest cells. Since they present with nonspecific symptoms, diagnosis is often incidental. We are reporting a case of an adult appendiceal GN incidentally found during rectal cancer surgery. A 42-year-old male was diagnosed with recurrent rectal cancer after experiencing urinary difficulties and buttock pain. A multiple-stage pelvic exenteration was carried out after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and chemoradiation. Prophylactic appendectomy was done during the course of surgery, and pathology reported an appendix with GN at the distal tip. GN are often found incidentally and rarely cause appendicitis. Depending on their location and size, they might become symptomatic. While there is some controversy on whether surgery is the treatment of choice for all GN, diagnosis is rarely apparent preoperatively, and all appendiceal masses should be resected.

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appendixcolorectal cancerectopic tissueganglioneuroma

Identifiers

PMID38370592
PMCPMC10873856
OpenAlexW4391899785

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