Intracerebral Neuroblastoma in a Pediatric Patient with One Year of Life
Anabel Borrero Fernandez1, Ana Lidia Ford Torralba2, Damian Lastra Copello3* and Yohana Camejo Sanchez4
1 First Degree Specialist in Imaging and Comprehensive General Medicine Instructor, Master in Diagnostic Media, Assistant teacher, Havana, Cuba. ORCID:0000-0003-3935-8408
2 First degree specialist in Imaging and Comprehensive General Medicine, Instructor, Havana, Cuba. ORCID:0000-0002-4836-6824
3 First Degree Specialist in Neurosurgery, Diploma in Critical and Emergency Care, Havana, Cuba. ORCID: 0000-0002-9393-1933.
4 First Degree Specialist in Neurosurgery, Specialist in Comprehensive General Medicine, Diploma in Critical and Emergency Care, Havana, Cuba. ORCID: 0000-0002-9393-1933.
*Corresponding Author: Damian Lastra Copello, First Degree Specialist in Neurosurgery, Diploma in Critical and Emergency Care, Havana, Cuba. ORCID: 0000-0002-9393-1933.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58624/SVOANE.2023.04.089
Received: April 03, 2023 Published: May 02, 2023
Abstract
The case of a 13-month-old infant who was assisted at the Neurosurgery Service of the Antonio Maria Beguez Cesar South Children's Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, referred from the oncology service of the aforementioned institution for presenting proptosis, exophthalmos of the right eye, is described. and increased head circumference. After carrying out the clinical examination and the pertinent complementary studies, including magnetic resonance imaging of the simple and contrasted skull; Histopathological study, aspiration and bilateral bone marrow biopsy concluded that we are in the presence of parameningeal neuroblastoma with medullary infiltration (stage IV) without evidence of a primary tumor. Satisfactory post-treatment chemotherapy evolution.
Keywords: neuroblastoma; burr hole; small round blue cell tumor of childhood.
Citation: Fernandez AB, Torralba ALF, Copello DL, Sanchez YC. Intracerebral Neuroblastoma in a Pediatric Patient with One Year of Life. SVOA Neurology 2023, 4:3, 37-41.
