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Skin lesions as the first manifestation of metastatic neuroblastoma in infant - case report
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Students’ Scientific Association, Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Transplantology, II Chair of
Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital / Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Department of Paediatric Haematology, Oncology and Transplantology, II Chair of Paediatrics, Children’s Hospital /Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Emilia Nowak
Students Scientific Association at the Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology and Transplantology, II Chair of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital of Lublin, Medical University of Lublin
J Pre Clin Clin Res. 2024;18(3):246-249
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Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumour in the paediatric population. It is an embryonal tumour of
the autonomic nervous system which arises in tissues of the sympathetic nervous system, typically in the adrenal medulla
or paraspinal ganglia, and thus can present as mass lesions in the neck, chest, abdomen, or pelvis. The clinical presentation
is highly variable. Mainly, the tumour is a mass that causes no symptoms; however, it can range from a primary tumour, a
result of local invasion that causes critical illness, to a widely disseminated disease. The case is presented of a 6.5-monthold
girl with hard, painless, purple-blue coloured subcutaneous nodules in the right and left subcostal area, which were
the first manifestation of disseminated neuroblastoma 4S. The described case indicates that special oncological awareness
should be maintained in every paediatric patient with undefined, non-characteristic skin lesions and subcutaneous nodules.
Nowak E, Ostojska M, Osial N, Psiuk D, Nurzyńska-Flak J. Skin lesions as the first manifestation of metastatic neuroblastoma in infant – case report. J Pre-Clin Clin Res. 2024; 18(3): 246–249. doi: 10.26444/jpccr/191879
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