Pulmonary Manifestation of Neuroblastoma in Children
The article describes the case report of a patient with stage IV neuroblastoma of posterior mediastinum and retroperitoneum, who was admitted to hospital with the erroneous diagnosis of «community-acquired pleuropneumonia». Thanks to modern methods of research in the form of transabdominal scanning,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Publishing House Zaslavsky
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Zdorovʹe Rebenka |
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| Online Access: | http://childshealth.zaslavsky.com.ua/article/view/84863 |
| Summary: | The article describes the case report of a patient with stage IV neuroblastoma of posterior mediastinum and retroperitoneum, who was admitted to hospital with the erroneous diagnosis of «community-acquired pleuropneumonia». Thanks to modern methods of research in the form of transabdominal scanning, multi-section computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging we were able to establish the diagnosis of neuroblastoma in the short term and to refer the child to a specialist cancer hospital. |
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| ISSN: | 2224-0551 2307-1168 |