neuroblastoma is a common tumor in pediatric cancer and which might present with usual or unusual clinical features. one of the rare clinical finding of neuroblastoma is paraneoplastic syndromes. we report a two year-old girl with presentation of bilateral ptosis and abdominal pain which was diagnosed as having neuroblastoma. our case is a very rare case of neuroblastoma accompanied by bilatera...

Abstract Background A higher prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHD) in neuroblastoma patients in general population is reported in some publications, however, some authors did not find such an association. The evidence for this relation comes from the observation that, the neural crest cells accompany to the development of the heart and neuroblastoma as well. Materials and Methods We...

Neuroblastoma is a common tumor in pediatric cancer and which might present with usual or unusual clinical features. One of the rare clinical finding of neuroblastoma is paraneoplastic syndromes. We report a two year-old girl with presentation of bilateral ptosis and abdominal pain which was diagnosed as having neuroblastoma. Our case is a very rare case of neuroblastoma accompanied by bilat...

background: neuroblastoma is the most common tumor in infancy and wilms’ tumor is the most common malignant tumor of kidney in childhood. both the tumors are usually within the differential diagnosis of each other. this study compares the clinical manifestations, sex and age distribution of childhood wilms’ tumor and neuroblastoma at one of tehran children hospitals. materials and methods: the ...

Background: Neuroblastoma is the most common extra cranial malignant solid tumor of childhood. Various molecular and cytogenetic factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of neuroblastoma, some of which have proven useful in predicting clinical behavior. Over expression of the oncogen N-myc, is an important indicator of prognosis. Materials and Methods: Our study was performed from 20...

High Risk Neuroblastoma is a pediatric cancer that arises from immature nerve cells. While low and intermediate risk neuroblastomas remain curable with high survival rates, neuroblastoma (HRNB) patients have less than 50 percent chance of ..

neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. the co- occurrence of neuroblastoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia is rare. we report a rare case of advanced-stage neuroblastoma in a 3.5-year-old girl that was accompanied by acute lymphoblastic leukemia following treatment. her leukemia may have been due to chemotherapy (secondary leukemia) or may have been de novo.

Neuroblastoma-like schwannoma is known as a rare unusual variant of with difficulties differential diagnosis neuroblastoma, Ewing sarcoma/peripheral neuroectodermal tumor and other cutaneous small round cell tumors. Herein, we describe neuroblastoma-like that was presented painless lesion on the dorsal side left hand in 39-year-old woman. Composed collagen fibers central core rosettes diffuse e...

Neuroblastoma is a neoplasm of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system. Depending upon primary location tumor, it can present as incidental finding, hypertension, abdominal pain, and distention with nonspecific clinical signs. Our patient was four-months-old when he developed excessive crying, increased frequency micturition, loose bowel movements. On CT scan, cystic mass found in left suprar...