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Metastatic neuroblastoma after 52 years of dormancy
Author(s) -
Mir Rabia,
Phillips Steven L.,
Schwartz Gary,
Mathur Ranjana,
Khan Arfa,
Kahn Leonard B.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19871115)60:10<2510::aid-cncr2820601027>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - neuroblastoma , medicine , biopsy , mediastinal mass , mass/lesion , lesion , mediastinal tumor , radiology , mediastinum , pathology , genetics , biology , cell culture
A metastatic neuroblastoma arose in a posterior mediastinal tumor that had been present for at least 52 years. The diagnosis of neuroblastoma was first made when the patient was 81 years of age from biopsy of a metastatic lesion to the femur and later from biopsy of the mediastinal mass.