Neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is a malignant tumor of neural crest cells, the cells that give rise to the sympathetic nervous system, which is observed in children.

Splenomegaly

Abnormal increased size of the spleen.


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PMID (PMCID)
6647085
MALE
[Case report of a stage IV S neuroblastoma regressing without any aggressive treatment].
Milanesi A, Zammarchi E, Bernini G, Donati MA, Bardini MR.
Pediatr Med Chir. 1983;5(4):227-30.
The authors describe a case of stage IV-S neuroblastoma in a boy forty days old with impressive enlargement of the liver whose left lobe was initially mistaken for splenomegaly.