A case of sacrococcygeal neuroblastoma

Abstract

Article HistoryReceived 31 / 05 / 2012 Accepted 23 /0 6 / 2012Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood. Sacrococcygeal neuroblastomas are reported to be rare. The authors report a case of a well-differentiated neuroblastoma case, detected in a 4-month-old male during routine pediatric evaluation and totally resected by surgery.

Neonatal Sacrococcygeal Neuroblastoma Mimicking a Teratoma

“…Sunaa et al [14] mentioned the first case of neonatal neuroblastoma mimicking Altman type III sacrococcygeal teratoma in 2005 [15]. It is worth noting that our case was thought to be a variant of teratoma.…”

“…Although sacrococcygeal neuroblastomas have low mortality. they have high morbidity owing to tumor bulk pressure and probable postoperative neurologic deficit [12]. …”

Primary congenital sacrococcygeal neuroblastoma: A case report with immunohistochemical study and review of literature

“…[ 2 3 8 ] The pelvic neuroblastomas are rare, the incidence being 5% and constitute 0.25% of all neonatal neoplasms. [ 9 ] Among the pelvic neuroblastomas, precoccygeal tumors as encountered in the present case, have not been documented to the best of our knowledge.…”

“…Similar case of a 2-month-old baby girl with large presacral neuroblastoma was reported subsequently. [ 9 ] It is worth noting that the present case clinically and radiologically was thought to be solid variant of teratoma. Rarity of SCN was highlighted by Sebire et al .,[ 6 ] who reported one case of SCN among 85 cases of sacrococcygeal neoplastic lesions with an incidence of 1.2%.…”

“…Few cases of SCNs are reported in literature. Tanaka et al .,[ 9 ] mentioned first case of neonatal neuroblastoma mimicking Altman type III SCT in 2005. Similar case of a 2-month-old baby girl with large presacral neuroblastoma was reported subsequently.…”