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.

Myelodysplasia

Clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorders characterized by dysplasia (ineffective production) in one or more hematopoietic cell lineages, leading to anemia and cytopenia.


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PMID (PMCID)
25654378
(4602716)
 FEMALE
Long-term cancer-free survival after infusion of autologous cord blood cells for rejection-unrelated cord blood graft after myeloablative conditioning for t-MDS: a case report.
Chen WT, Fang LH, Chen RL.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2015;94(5):e438.
We report a case of therapy-related myelodysplasia after metastatic neuroblastoma who suffered from graft rejection and life-threatening infections after a myeloablative unrelated cord blood transplantation.
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 MIXED_SAMPLE Infant
Secondary myelodysplastic syndrome and leukemia following 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine therapy for relapsed neuroblastoma.
Weiss B, Vora A, Huberty J, Hawkins RA, Matthay KK.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2003;25(7):543-7.
Of 95 children with refractory neuroblastoma treated with 131I-MIBG at UCSF, 3 have been identified with secondary myelodysplasia/leukemia.