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.

Histiocytosis

An excessive number of histiocytes (tissue macrophages).


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PMID (PMCID)
26241716
 MIXED_SAMPLE Infant
Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detection of Cancer in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
Jamjoom RS, Etoom Y, Solano T, Desjardins MP, Fischer JW.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2015;31(8):602-4.
We describe 4 patients with Langerhans histiocytosis, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, and rhabdomyosarcoma, in which point-of-care ultrasound was used to facilitate the diagnoses.
1616240
 FEMALE Infant
[Skin manifestations revealing monocytic leukemia. A case report].
Cuny JF, Truchetet F, Levy M, Cabut S, Hennequin JP, Grandidier M.
Ann Pediatr (Paris). 1992;39(4):261-3.
These skin lesions are not specific of leukemia and other diagnoses should be considered including histiocytosis, neuroblastoma, and skin erythropoiesis (in Torch syndrome, hemolytic disease of the newborn, hereditary spherocytosis, and twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome).