Ganglioneuroma in a child with hereditary spherocytosis

Turk J Pediatr. 2012 Mar-Apr;54(2):187-90.

Abstract

Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is the most frequent cause of congenital hemolytic anemia. Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) mimicking a mass may develop in the lymph nodes, kidneys, pleura, mediastinum, adrenal gland, and in particular the spleen and liver. Other than EMH, B-cell lymphoma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and pancreatic schwannoma cases were reported in patients with HS. We present a 13-year-old female patient with HS and ganglioneuroma in the adrenal gland. This association is probably coincidental; however, with increasing cancer cases in HS and the genetic studies being made, this association will be clarified.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / complications*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Ganglioneuroma / complications*
  • Ganglioneuroma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Spherocytosis, Hereditary / complications*