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Extracranial neuroblastoma

MedGen UID:
272601
•Concept ID:
C1333499
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Extracranial Neuroblastoma; extracranial neuroblastoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002749

Definition

A neuroblastoma arising from an anatomic site other than the brain. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Neuroblastoma, Version 2.2024, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.
Bagatell R, Park JR, Acharya S, Aldrink J, Allison J, Alva E, Arndt C, Benedetti D, Brown E, Cho S, Church A, Davidoff A, Desai AV, DuBois S, Fair D, Farinhas J, Harrison D, Huang F, Iskander P, Kreissman S, Macy M, Na B, Pashankar F, Pendyala P, Pinto N, Polites S, Rabah R, Shimada H, Slatnick L, Sokol E, Twist C, Vo K, Watt T, Wolden S, Zage P, Schonfeld R, Hang L
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2024 Aug;22(6):413-433. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2024.0040. PMID: 39151455
Current management of neuroblastoma and future direction.
Pastor ER, Mousa SA
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2019 Jun;138:38-43. Epub 2019 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2019.03.013. PMID: 31092383
Updates in Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Neuroblastoma.
Swift CC, Eklund MJ, Kraveka JM, Alazraki AL
Radiographics 2018 Mar-Apr;38(2):566-580. doi: 10.1148/rg.2018170132. PMID: 29528815

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Extracranial neuroblastomas and neurological complications.
Taşdemiroglu E, Ayan I, Kebudi R
Childs Nerv Syst 1998 Dec;14(12):713-8. doi: 10.1007/s003810050303. PMID: 9881624
Infant cancer in the U.S.: histology-specific incidence and trends, 1973 to 1992.
Gurney JG, Ross JA, Wall DA, Bleyer WA, Severson RK, Robison LL
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1997 Sep-Oct;19(5):428-32. doi: 10.1097/00043426-199709000-00004. PMID: 9329464
Primary extracranial neuroblastoma with central nervous system metastases characterization by clinicopathologic findings and neuroimaging.
Kellie SJ, Hayes FA, Bowman L, Kovnar EH, Langston J, Jenkins JJ 3rd, Pao WJ, Ducos R, Green AA
Cancer 1991 Nov 1;68(9):1999-2006. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19911101)68:9<1999::aid-cncr2820680926>3.0.co;2-0. PMID: 1913549

Diagnosis

Favorable-biology neuroblastoma presenting with leptomeningeal metastases?: a case presentation.
Kramer K, Kushner BH, Allen JC, Krol G, Cheung NK
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2004 Nov;26(11):703-5. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200411000-00003. PMID: 15543002
Extracranial neuroblastomas and neurological complications.
Taşdemiroglu E, Ayan I, Kebudi R
Childs Nerv Syst 1998 Dec;14(12):713-8. doi: 10.1007/s003810050303. PMID: 9881624
Infant cancer in the U.S.: histology-specific incidence and trends, 1973 to 1992.
Gurney JG, Ross JA, Wall DA, Bleyer WA, Severson RK, Robison LL
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1997 Sep-Oct;19(5):428-32. doi: 10.1097/00043426-199709000-00004. PMID: 9329464
Recognition of central nervous system metastases in children with metastatic primary extracranial neuroblastoma.
Blatt J, Fitz C, Mirro J Jr
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1997 May-Jun;14(3):233-41. doi: 10.3109/08880019709009493. PMID: 9185208
Primary extracranial neuroblastoma with central nervous system metastases characterization by clinicopathologic findings and neuroimaging.
Kellie SJ, Hayes FA, Bowman L, Kovnar EH, Langston J, Jenkins JJ 3rd, Pao WJ, Ducos R, Green AA
Cancer 1991 Nov 1;68(9):1999-2006. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19911101)68:9<1999::aid-cncr2820680926>3.0.co;2-0. PMID: 1913549

Prognosis

Favorable-biology neuroblastoma presenting with leptomeningeal metastases?: a case presentation.
Kramer K, Kushner BH, Allen JC, Krol G, Cheung NK
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2004 Nov;26(11):703-5. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200411000-00003. PMID: 15543002
Extracranial neuroblastomas and neurological complications.
Taşdemiroglu E, Ayan I, Kebudi R
Childs Nerv Syst 1998 Dec;14(12):713-8. doi: 10.1007/s003810050303. PMID: 9881624
Infant cancer in the U.S.: histology-specific incidence and trends, 1973 to 1992.
Gurney JG, Ross JA, Wall DA, Bleyer WA, Severson RK, Robison LL
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 1997 Sep-Oct;19(5):428-32. doi: 10.1097/00043426-199709000-00004. PMID: 9329464
Secondary central nervous system metastases in children with neuroblastoma.
Astigarraga I, Lejarreta R, Navajas A, Fernandez-Teijeiro A, Imaz I, Bezanilla JL
Med Pediatr Oncol 1996 Dec;27(6):529-33. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199612)27:6<529::AID-MPO4>3.0.CO;2-N. PMID: 8888812

Clinical prediction guides

Favorable-biology neuroblastoma presenting with leptomeningeal metastases?: a case presentation.
Kramer K, Kushner BH, Allen JC, Krol G, Cheung NK
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2004 Nov;26(11):703-5. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200411000-00003. PMID: 15543002

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