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.

Malignant hyperthermia

Malignant hyperthermia is characterized by a rapid increase in temperature to 39-42 degrees C in response to inhalational anesthetics such as halothane or to muscle relaxants such as succinylcholine.


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PMID (PMCID)
16884475
MALE Infant
Intraoperative hyperthermia in a child with neuroblastoma.
Mayhew JF.
Paediatr Anaesth. 2006;16(8):890-1.
This is case report of hyperthermia in a child with neuroblastoma, which was not an episode of malignant hyperthermia as determined by arterial blood cases and physiologic vital signs.