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.

Spina bifida

Incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube, whereby some vertebral arches remain unfused and open. The mildest form is spina bifida occulta, followed by meningocele and meningomyelocele.


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PMID (PMCID)
3510217
MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Neuropathic osteonecrosis of the lateral femoral condyle in childhood. A report on four cases.
Citron ND, Paterson FW, Jackson AM.
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1986;68(1):96-9.
All the children had a motor and a sensory deficit in the affected limb: two had been previously treated for neuroblastoma of the spine, one for an infected lumbar dermoid cyst and one had spina bifida.