Ganglioneuroma

What it means

A benign neoplasm that usually arises from the sympathetic trunk in the mediastinum, representing a tumor of the sympathetic nerve fibers arising from neural crest cells.

Ganglioneuromas and ganglioneuroblastomas are tumors of the sympathetic nervous system. They originate from neural crest sympathogonia, which are completely undifferentiated cells of the sympathetic nervous system.

Rare diseases that can present with this7

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category