Acta Med. 2016, 59: 67-69

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.92

A rare case of Ganglioneuroblastoma Encapsulated in Pheochromocytoma

Nathália Vieira Sousaa, Luísa Coelho Marques de Oliveiraa, Paulo José Oliveira Corteza, Vitor Engrácia Valentib, David Mathew Garnerc, Roseane de Souza Candido Iruleguia, Dalmo Antônio Ribeiro Moreiraa,d

aFaculdade de Medicina de Itajubá, Av. Renó Júnior, 368 – São Vicente, Itajubá, MG, Brazil
bPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, UNESP, Rua Roberto Simonsen, 305, Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil
cDepartment of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
dInstituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Av. Dr. Dante Pazzanese, 500, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Received October 16, 2015
Accepted March 2, 2016

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