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Prenatally detected thoracic neuroblastoma
- Source :
- Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 278-281 (2018), Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2018.
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Abstract
- Neuroblastoma is the most common pediatric extracranial solid tumor derived from primitive neural crest cells of the sympathetic nervous system. Although one-fifths of all neuroblastomas occurs within the thorax, thoracic neuroblastomas detected in fetus have been rarely reported. We report a case of fetal thoracic neuroblastoma with massive pleural effusion detected with prenatal ultrasonography. A 34-year-old Korean second-gravida was referred to our hospital at 30 weeks of gestation for evaluation, after the right lung mass found in the fetus. Approximately 3 cm, well-defined, hyperechoic mass was found in the right thorax with right pleural effusion, with the initial suspicion of teratoma. However, as mass continued to grow with deteriorating pleural effusion and fetal hydrops, the mass was considered malignant after 3 weeks. After a cesarean delivery, an approximately 4 cm mass with peripheral calcification and hemothorax was found on neonatal ultrasonography. Neuroblastoma was diagnosed on excision biopsy.
- Subjects :
- Thorax
medicine.medical_specialty
Pleural effusion
neoplasms
Case Report
lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
neuroblastoma
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Neuroblastoma
medicine
lcsh:RG1-991
thorax
Fetus
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Lung
business.industry
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mediastinum
Hemothorax
medicine.disease
mediastinum
fetus
medicine.anatomical_structure
Teratoma
Radiology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22878580 and 22878572
- Volume :
- 61
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2e743cbf69b7cd4e5ef6ab49cd917b01