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NEUROBLASTOMA WITH PARAPARESIS: AN UNCOMMON PRESENTATION

Published:2022-01-01 Issue: Volume: Page:27-29
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Container-title:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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Author:

Surana Smriti¹,Jana Arijeet²,Nayek Kaustav³

Affiliation:

1. Post Graduate Resident, Pediatrics, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital.

2. Post Graduate Resident, Radiology, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital.

3. Professor, Head of Department, Pediatrics, Burdwan Medical College and Hospital

Abstract

Neuroblastoma is the third most common childhood tumor, after leukemia and brain tumors, originating from the sympathetic nervous system. We report the case of a 6 month old boy presenting to us with abdominal distention and paraparesis. Diagnosis was made after radiological evaluation and ne needle aspiration cytology from the mass

Publisher

World Wide Journals

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