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.

Weight loss

Reduction inexisting body weight.


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PMID (PMCID)
24671327
MALE Infant
A massive retroperitoneal neuroblastoma with stenosis of the inferior vena cava in a 5-month-old boy.
Li JT, Dai YH, Kuo SM.
BMJ Case Rep. 2014;2014:.
When it originates in the retroperitoneum, neuroblastoma usually presents as an abdominal mass with clinical manifestations of nausea, vomiting and weight loss.