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.

Scoliosis

The presence of an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.


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PMID (PMCID)
18624282
 MIXED_SAMPLE Infant, Newborn
[Modified "trap-door" thoracotomy for pediatric patients].
Lain A, Parente A, Caniizo A, Fanjul M, Garcia-Casillas MA, Matute JA, Vazquez J.
Cir Pediatr. 2008;21(2):111-5.
One patient presented a stage IV cervicothoracic neuroblastoma, 1 patient had a cervicothoracic lymphangioma, one a severe cervicothoracic scoliosis and one a total cricoid atresia associated to an oesophageal atresia type IIIc (Vogt).
10449645
 MALE Infant, Newborn
Small terminal deletion of 1p and duplication of 1q: cytogenetics, FISH studies, and clinical observations at newborn and at age 16 years.
Fan YS, Jung J, Hamilton B.
Am J Med Genet. 1999;86(2):118-23.
Re-examination of this patient at age 16 years showed marked psychomotor delay, severely accentuated dorsal kyphosis and scoliosis, pectus excavatum, and other anomalies but no clinical signs of neuroblastoma.
3750089
 FEMALE Adult
Neuroblastoma presenting as a paravertebral mass and painful scoliosis in a 21-year-old woman.
Haher TR, Abouzeid JM, Rondon D, Thelmo W.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1986;11(5):489-92.
Neuroblastoma presenting as a paravertebral mass and painful scoliosis in a 21-year-old woman.