GANGLIONEUROMA - AN INCIDENTALOMA OF CHILDHOOD

In adults clinically silent adrenal masses can be discovered incidenta lly in imaging studies. Most of these 'incidentalomas' are benign, non -functioning adenomas. In contradistinction, in infancy and childhood the most common adrenal mass is the neuroblastoma, a malignant neural crest tumour. Four children are described, each with a benign neural c rest tumour - ganglioneuroma - incidentally discovered by conventional radiography or sonographic examination. Complete surgical excision re sulted in total recovery of all the children.