Sj. Abramson et al., CERVICAL NEUROBLASTOMA IN 11 INFANTS - A TUMOR WITH FAVORABLE PROGNOSIS - CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGIC (US, CT, MRI) FINDINGS, Pediatric radiology, 23(4), 1993, pp. 253-257
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Cervical neuroblastoma, a disease primarily of infants, has a favorabl
e prognosis. Eleven patients are reported. Clinical presentations (oth
er than mass) included stridor and swallowing problems. Masses when fe
lt were commonly mistaken for infectious adenitis. Imaging studies (US
, CT, MRI) showed solid masses with vascular displacement and narrowin
g; intraspinal extension was absent though extension into the adjacent
sites of mediastinum and skull occurred. Horner syndrome was seen in
five patients with accompanying heterochromia iridis in one. Five tumo
rs had calcification. A high index of suspicion will lead to biopsy an
d less delay in diagnosis once a mass is felt or imaged.