Retroperitoneal ganglioneuroblastoma resected 8 years after mass screening: a case report

Clinico-pathological patterns of a rare presentation of abdominal neuroblastoma in children

“…Nakaoka et al, reported a rare case of retroperitoneal GNBL Stage I, unfavorable histology arise from the sympathetic trunk and resected 8 years after mass screening. [18] In Ayden et al's study, the incidence of GNBL among NBL patients was 7.6%. [12] Angelini et al concluded that patients with GNBL are rare (5.6% in his study), older (83% > 18 months), and have heterogeneous outcome according to their histology.…”

Retroperitoneal ganglioneuroblastoma with postoperative stress ulcer perforation in an adolescent: A case report and review of the literature

“…As part of the present study, the PubMed database was searched using the subject key terms ‘ganglioneuroblastoma’, ‘GNB’, ‘retroperitoneum’ and ‘retroperitoneal’ (January 27, 2022). A total of 330 papers with titles containing GNB were found, of which only 14 (4.24%) were related to the retroperitoneum ( 12 , 13 , 18 – 29 ). Among these papers, there were 59 cases involving retroperitoneal GNB, and of these, 53 (89.8%) cases were in children (<12 years), one (1.7%) was in an adolescent (12–20 years) and five (8.5%) were in adults (>20 years).…”