En Bloc Resection of a Giant Ganglioneuroma of the Chest Through Clamshell Thoracotomy.

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg

Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University Medicine Children's Hospital, Morgantown, WV, USA.

Published: January 2024

Ganglioneuroma is a benign tumor requiring subtotal resection as a primary mode of treatment. There are several surgical approaches. A giant ganglioneuroma of the chest cavity may be approached via a clamshell thoracotomy. This manuscript presents a case of giant ganglioneuroma resected en bloc via clamshell thoracotomy in a seven-year-old child.

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