creators_name: Rajeshwari, K
creators_name: Dravid, NV
creators_name: Goyal, N
creators_name: Gadri, A
creators_name: Pawar, S
creators_name: Karibasappa, GN
creators_id: ujwalgk@gmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2014-02-25 12:40:58
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title: Adolescent Neuroblastoma of Lower Limb
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Neuroblastoma; Adolescent; Lower limb
abstract: Neuroblastoma is an embryonic tumour of neural crest origin, commonly seen in children with upper abdomen involvement. Rarely neuroblastomas present in adolescents and adults involving lower limb. Histopathologically neuroblastoma of lower limb can be confused with other small round cell tumour especially with Ewing’s sarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma. A 16 year old male presented with 15x11cm swelling, pain and multiple discharging sinuses of right leg since 4 months. Routine haematological and biochemical analysis were within normal limits. Radiology of right leg showed large soft tissue swelling encompassing the pathological fracture of tibia and bowing of fibula. Fine needle aspiration of the swelling revealed malignant small round cell tumour. Histopathology revealed poorly differentiated neuroblastoma of lower limb. The immunohistochemistry of Synaptophysin and Chromogranin were positive and CD 99 was negative. Neuroblastoma diagnosed at unusual site with uncommon age has poor prognosis. Hence, one must keep in mind the differential diagnosis of neuroblastoma as one of the differential diagnosis in evaluating the soft tissue tumours of lower limb.
date: 2013-04-15
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 12
number: 1(9)
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Rajeshwari, K and Dravid, NV and Goyal, N and Gadri, A and Pawar, S and Karibasappa, GN  (2013) Adolescent Neuroblastoma of Lower Limb.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/9143/1/2013-1-9.pdf