Retroperitoneoscopic resection of a T11-L2 right-sided ganglioneuroma
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In brief
In brief
Case report describing retroperitoneoscopic excision of a T11-L2 paraspinal ganglioneuroma in a pediatric patient. This minimally invasive approach provided effective access to the sympathetic chain tumor without requiring thoracoscopy or laparoscopy, demonstrating a valuable surgical alternative for tumors at this anatomic location.
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Paraspinal tumors arising from the sympathetic chain include those on the ganglioneuroma–neuroblastoma spectrum. Accurate diagnosis often requires excision owing to the histopathologic heterogeneity of these tumors and the risk of false negative biopsy results. Choice of approach is dictated by location and extirpation is usually amenable to minimally invasive techniques. We present a patient whose paraspinal tumor included the T11-L2 vertebral body levels and was removed using a retroperitoneoscopic approach. This approach is rarely considered in pediatric general surgery and afforded a useful alternative to thoracoscopy or laparoscopy.